Images of Polynesian Animals

Culture of Polynesia

Polynesia is divided into two distinct cultural groups, East Polynesia and West Polynesia. The culture of West Polynesia is conditioned to high populations. It has strong institutions of marriage and well-developed judicial, monetary and trading traditions. It comprises the groups of Tonga, Niue, Samoa and the northwestern Polynesian outliers.

Eastern Polynesian cultures are adapted to smaller islands and atolls, mainly the Cook Islands, Tahiti, the Tuamotus, the Marquesas, Hawaii, Rapa Nui and smaller central-pacific groups. The large islands of New Zeland were first settled by Eastern Polynesians who adapted their culture to a non-tropical environment.

 

  Geology of Polynesia

Out of about 117,000 or 118,000 square miles of land, over 103,000 square miles are within New Zealand; about half the remainder comprises the Hawaiian archipelago. The Zealandia continent has approximately 1.4 million square miles of continental shelf. The oldest rocks in the region are found in New Zealand and are believed to be about 510 million years old. The oldest Polynesian rocks outside of Zealandia are to be found in the Hawaiian Emperor Seamount Chain, and are 80 million years old.

Polynesia

The sea is unique, super transparent, with rings of coral and calm waters, a submerged volcanic mountain range, which only see the peaks, which presents us with various shades of blue and green.

It is an open tank with a plethora of plants and fish. The landscape consists of mountains, green coconut palms, white sand beaches, lush vegetation and several species of flowers.The Polynesia (from Greek πολύς ["many"] + νῆσος ["island"]) is a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean.