The first Polynesian voyagers used indigenous scientific astronomical knowledge, harnessing the night sky and the environment to guide them across 162 million square kilometres of ocean.
With 1.37 million square miles of ocean holdings, Kiribati has been vulnerable to overtures from the EU to sign a separate, less-stringent access pact.
In June 2006 a United Nations Environmental Program report estimated that there is an average of 46, 000 pieces of plastic debris in every square mile of ocean.
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The report pointed out that on or below every square mile of our ocean, there were 46, 000 pieces of floating marine debris and that the problem was particularly acute in certain areas.
French Polynesia is made up of some 200 islands -- the Society, Tuamotu, Gambier, Austral and Marquesas groups -- spread over 4.1 million square kilometres of Pacific Ocean: an area roughly eight times the size of France.
Its breezy cosmopolitan capital, Papeete, sits on Tahiti's northeastern tip and is the gateway to a captivating world of indigenous culture that infuses a chain of islands spread across 5 million square kilometres of sparkling ocean between Australia and South America.
But my parents and Colombe are convinced they're swimming in the ocean just because they live in their fifteen hundred square feet with their piles of furniture and paintings.
The ambitious project is being built on three and half square miles of land reclaimed from the Atlantic Ocean and is expected to provide accommodation for 250, 000 people and employment opportunities for a further 150, 000.
Between 2004 and 2005, 14 percent of the Arctic Ocean's perennial ice disappeared - some 720, 000 square kilometers (447, 000 square miles) -- a depletion Lynas calls "instantaneous" in geological terms.
In the lndo-Pacific Ocean, for example, there are as many as 1000 species per square metre.
At first glance, Tuvalu is an island paradise, 26 square kilometers of white sand and lush foliage in the Pacific Ocean, north of Fiji.
To design the museum he tapped Tadao Ando of Japan, whose dramatic 320, 000-square-foot building was to be shaped like a giant ocean liner topped by twin glass towers.
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According to Real Estalker, the 4-floor ocean view home is still under construction and was designed with more than 14, 000-square feet of living space.
In another rather unconventional setting, Villa Rockledge, a 5, 500 square foot mansion constructed in 1918 sits perched on a rocky ledge overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
Mr. Headington combined three of the units to create the 8, 262-square-foot penthouse, which has a circular all-glass living area, ocean views and wine as well as Champagne tasting rooms.
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