Glossary
| archipelago | - islands that build a geographical unit, e.g. the Hawaiian archipelago |
| atoll | - coral reef complex, which emerges above ocean surface, often ring-shaped and with a central lagoon |
| endemic | - a plant or an animal to be found only in one place, e.g. only on one island |
| iti | - polynesian language - small |
| makatea |
- fossil coral rocks - the island of the same name - Makatea |
| motu |
- small to tiny islets that form the ring of an atoll - polynesian language - island |
| nui | - polynesian language - large |