Measuring 74 square kilometres, it's four times the size of the island itself. Shaped like an equilateral triangle with 12 kilometre sides, this is the South Pacific's most perfect lagoon.

Unfriendly clouds loomed as the Star Breeze eased out of the lagoon. The wind and the swells picked up, and the seas turned a milky blue. I was chatting about the impending weather with some other ...

SYDNEY, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Australian scientists are using cutting-edge underwater robots to explore remote and largely uncharted reef systems in the South Pacific, the University of Sydney said on ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A 7.7 magnitude earthquake caused a small tsunami to wash ashore on South Pacific islands Friday. No damage has been reported, and the threat passed in a few hours.

The Marquesas are a beautiful, remote stretch of islands in the South Pacific. And ... To find them on a map, look about 4,000 kilometers (2,500 miles) southeast of Hawaii and 4,700 kilometers ...

In the Atlantic Ocean, these atmospheric heat engines, fueled by ocean water warmer than 80 degrees, are called hurricanes; in the South Pacific islands as well as near Australia and in the Indian ...