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mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palliser-Inseln" title="Palliser-Inseln – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Palliser-Inseln" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islas_Palliser" title="Islas Palliser – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Islas Palliser" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palliser-insuloj" title="Palliser-insuloj – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Palliser-insuloj" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Eles_Palliser" title="Îles Palliser – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Îles Palliser" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paliserio_salos" title="Paliserio salos – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Paliserio salos" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palliser-szigetek" title="Palliser-szigetek – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Palliser-szigetek" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Eles_Palliser" title="Îles Palliser – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Îles Palliser" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Eles_Palliser" title="Îles Palliser – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Îles Palliser" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilhas_de_Palliser" title="Ilhas de Palliser – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Ilhas de Palliser" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li 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href="/wiki/File:Pacific_Ocean_laea_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Pallisers is located in Pacific Ocean"><img alt="Pallisers is located in Pacific Ocean" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Pacific_Ocean_laea_location_map.svg/300px-Pacific_Ocean_laea_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="273" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Pacific_Ocean_laea_location_map.svg/450px-Pacific_Ocean_laea_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Pacific_Ocean_laea_location_map.svg/600px-Pacific_Ocean_laea_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="709" data-file-height="645" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:54.749%;left:60.23%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-10px;top:-10px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Pallisers"><img alt="Pallisers" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Cercle_rouge_100%25.svg/20px-Cercle_rouge_100%25.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Cercle_rouge_100%25.svg/30px-Cercle_rouge_100%25.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Cercle_rouge_100%25.svg/40px-Cercle_rouge_100%25.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:11px"><div>Pallisers</div></div></div></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Pacific_Ocean_laea_location_map.svg" title="File:Pacific Ocean laea location map.svg">class=notpageimage| </a></div>Location of the <b>Palliser Islands</b> in the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a></div></div></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Karta_FP_Tuamotus_isl.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Karta_FP_Tuamotus_isl.PNG/300px-Karta_FP_Tuamotus_isl.PNG" decoding="async" width="300" height="206" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Karta_FP_Tuamotus_isl.PNG/450px-Karta_FP_Tuamotus_isl.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Karta_FP_Tuamotus_isl.PNG/600px-Karta_FP_Tuamotus_isl.PNG 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="550" /></a><figcaption>Map of the Tuamotus; the <b>Pallisers</b> are located northwest-most in the main Tuamotu atoll cluster.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Palliser Islands</b> or <b>Pallisers</b> are a subgroup of the <a href="/wiki/Tuamotus" title="Tuamotus">Tuamotu</a> group in <a href="/wiki/French_Polynesia" title="French Polynesia">French Polynesia</a>. They are located in the very northwest of the main group of atolls.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Atolls">Atolls</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palliser_Islands&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Atolls"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The group includes: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apataki" title="Apataki">Apataki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arutua" title="Arutua">Arutua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fakarava" title="Fakarava">Fakarava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaukura" title="Kaukura">Kaukura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mataiva" title="Mataiva">Mataiva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rangiroa" title="Rangiroa">Rangiroa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makatea" title="Makatea">Makatea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tikehau" title="Tikehau">Tikehau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toau" title="Toau">Toau</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administration">Administration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palliser_Islands&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Administratively, Arutua, Apataki and Kaukura atolls belong to the <a href="/wiki/Communes_of_France" title="Communes of France">commune</a> of Arutua, with a total population of 1510 inhabitants.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toau" title="Toau">Toau</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fakarava" title="Fakarava">Fakarava</a>, belong to the commune of <a href="/wiki/Fakarava" title="Fakarava">Fakarava</a>. The total population is of 1800 inhabitants.</li> <li>The commune of Rangiroa consists of 3 atolls: Rangiroa itself, Tikehau and Mataiva, and a separate island (Makatea). The total population is of 3467 inhabitants.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palliser_Islands&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Palliser Islands were named "<b>Palliser's Isles</b>" by Captain <a href="/wiki/James_Cook" title="James Cook">James Cook</a>, who was the first <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">European</a> to sight them, on 19 April and 20 April 1774; naming them as such in honour of Admiral Sir <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Palliser" title="Hugh Palliser">Hugh Palliser</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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<li><a href="/wiki/Tikei" title="Tikei">Tikei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toau" title="Toau">Toau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokorua" title="Tokorua">Tokorua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Totegegie" class="mw-redirect" title="Totegegie">Totegegie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuanake" title="Tuanake">Tuanake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tureia" title="Tureia">Tureia</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vahanga" title="Vahanga">Vahanga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vahitahi" title="Vahitahi">Vahitahi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vairaatea" title="Vairaatea">Vairaatea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanavana" title="Vanavana">Vanavana</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align: center;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>* <a href="/wiki/Communes_of_France" title="Communes of France">commune</a> administration centre</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of French Polynesia"><img alt="Flag of French Polynesia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg/50px-Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="33" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg/75px-Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg/100px-Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Island groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acteon_Group" title="Acteon Group">Acteon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disappointment_Islands" title="Disappointment Islands">Disappointment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Gloucester_Islands" title="Duke of Gloucester Islands">Duke of Gloucester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_George_Islands" title="King George Islands">King George</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Two_Groups_Islands" title="Two Groups Islands">Two Groups</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Palliser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raeffsky_Islands" title="Raeffsky Islands">Raeffsky</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="4"><div> <ul><li><i>Archipelagos of French Polynesia:</i> <a href="/wiki/Austral_Islands" title="Austral Islands">Australs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gambier_Islands" title="Gambier Islands">Gambiers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marquesas_Islands" title="Marquesas Islands">Marquesas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Society_Islands" title="Society Islands">Societies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuamotus" 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