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Bora Bora island and lagoon, French Polynesia · Samuel Etienne · CC BY-SA 3.0

Mount Otemanu and the Bora Bora lagoon · Julius Silver · CC BY-SA 4.0

Bora Bora lagoon from the air · The TerraMar Project · CC BY 2.0

The reef and lagoon of Bora Bora · makemake at de.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0

Panorama Moorea Baie de Cook · 100zax · CC BY-SA 3.0

Beach fales at Lalomanu beach, Upolu, Samoa - August 2016 · Rickard Törnblad · CC BY-SA 4.0

Lalomanu Beach - Samoa · Neil · CC BY 2.0

West on Lalomanu beach Taufua Beach Fales Samoa · amanderson2 · CC BY 2.0

Samoa church interior, Matavai village, Savaii · Teinesavaii · CC BY-SA 3.0

Savaii Village 1, Samoa, Polynesia · Teinesavaii · CC BY-SA 4.0

Tonga Islands blue sea · clr_flickr · CC BY 2.0

Vava'u beach2 · Jansan · CC BY 2.5 pl

Muri Lagoon, Rarotonga, Cook Islands · Christopher Johnson from Tokyo, Japan · CC BY-SA 2.0

Paddleboarding in Muri Lagoon, Rarotonga · Christopher Johnson from Tokyo, Japan · CC BY-SA 2.0

Maina Island, Aitutaki Lagoon, Cook Islands · Patrick Nunn · CC BY-SA 4.0

Reef outside Aitutaki, Cook Islands · Mr Bullitt · CC BY 2.5

Na Pali Coast, Kauai, Hawaii · Jeff Kubina · CC BY-SA 2.0

Na Pali Coast - Kauai · Steve Brogdon · Public domain

Na Pali Coast profile Kauai · Dcrjsr · CC BY-SA 3.0

Milford Sound in Fiordland National Park, Aotearoa New Zealand · Krzysztof Golik · CC BY-SA 4.0

Milford Sound shoreline and peaks · Krzysztof Golik · CC BY-SA 4.0

Easter Island, Rano Raraku, moais (6691031187) · Arian Zwegers · CC BY 2.0

Rapa Nui, Rano Raraku · Javier Ramos Pinochet · CC BY-SA 3.0

A wooden-bodied bus in Pago Pago, American Samoa · Peter Gill / UK · CC BY 3.0

PagoPago Harbor NPS · Tavita Togia, National Park Service · Public domain

Pago Eroded Volcano in American Samoa · National Park Service · Public domain

Hatiheu Bay, Nuku Hiva (French Polynesia) · Steve Berardi · CC BY-SA 2.0

Reef shore on Huahine, French Polynesia · Matthew Dillon from Hollywood, CA, USA · CC BY 2.0

Sunset on Huahine, French Polynesia · Matthew Dillon from Hollywood, CA, USA · CC BY 2.0

Huahine lagoon, French Polynesia · Matthew Dillon from Hollywood, CA, USA · CC BY 2.0

Sopoaga waterfall, Samoa · Neil · CC BY 2.0

The coast near To Sua, Upolu, Samoa · amanderson2 · CC BY 2.0

To Sua Ocean Trench, Lotofaga, Samoa · Neil · CC BY 2.0

Apia waterfront, Samoa · Michael Coghlan from Adelaide, Australia · CC BY-SA 2.0

Aitutaki-Motu Tapuaetai · No machine-readable author provided. Emeseee assumed (based on copyright claims). · Public domain

Aitutaki Lagune · Ciell · CC BY-SA 2.5

TO-Mapu a Vaea · Hobe / Holger Behr · Public domain

Waimea Canyon, Kauai, Hawaii · OKJaguar · CC BY-SA 4.0

Waimea Canyon, Kauaʻi · Frank Schulenburg · CC BY-SA 4.0

Oahu Landscape · Bernard Spragg. NZ · CC0

Oahu coast near Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, USA1 · Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0

Oahu coast near Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, USA2 · Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0

Waiotapu Thermal Area, Aotearoa New Zealand · W. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0

Sheep near Lake Rotorua, Aotearoa New Zealand · Pseudopanax at en.wikipedia · Public domain

Landscape in Tongariro National Park 03 · Krzysztof Golik · CC BY-SA 4.0

Landscape in Tongariro National Park 18 · Krzysztof Golik · CC BY-SA 4.0

Ahu Tongariki · Rivi · CC BY-SA 3.0

Ahu Tongariki - Easter Island (5956406190) · TravelingOtter · CC BY 2.0

Vinapu coastline EasterIsland · Koppas · CC BY-SA 3.0

Ofu Beach American Samoa US National Park Service · The U.S. National Park Service (public domain) · Public domain

Ofu Beach NPS · Peter Craig, National Park Service · Public domain

Matafao Peak, Tutuila, American Samoa · NPS · Public domain

Matafao Peak, American Samoa · NPS · Public domain

Afono village, American Samoa · Tavita Togia, National Park Service · Public domain

Rarotonga landscape (10716402775) · Barbara Ratusznik/AusAID · CC BY 2.0

Motu Maina · Mr Bullitt · CC BY 2.5

Nuku'alofa harbor, north coast of Tongatapu island, Kingdom of Tonga - panoramio · David Broad · CC BY 3.0

Wreck of the coast of Tongatapu, Tonga - panoramio (1) · David Broad · CC BY 3.0

Ikurangi on Rarotonga in the 1980s · John Game · CC BY 2.0

Pacific Partnership beach cleanup in Tonga, 2023 · U.S. Navy C-LGWP by Petty Officer 2nd Class Deirdre Marsac · Public domain

An earth oven on ʻEua, Tonga · JIRCAS Library · CC BY 2.0

The coast of ʻEua, Tonga · Boris Johnson · CC BY-SA 2.0

Beautifully rugged coast along the south Maui coast (8017264548) · Frank Kovalchek from Anchorage, Alaska, USA · CC BY 2.0

Starr-170613-0852-aerial view-coast-Spreckelsville-Maui (35958624980) · Forest and Kim Starr · CC BY 3.0 us

Abel Tasman - New Zealand · Ryancoke2020 · CC BY-SA 4.0

View from Abel Tasman Coastal Track down rocky coast near Ratakura Point · Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia · Public domain

Aoraki - Mt Cook, Aoraki - Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand · Michal Klajban · CC BY-SA 4.0

Mt Cook LC0247 · Jörg Hempel · CC BY-SA 3.0 de

Wellington Waterfront · Tākuta · CC BY-SA 2.0

Anakena Beach - Easter Island (5955846799) · TravelingOtter · CC BY 2.0

Playa de Anakena en Rapa Nui · ErnestCasalsAmaia · CC BY-SA 4.0

Vulcão Rano Kau-1 (53607874624) · Otávio Nogueira from Fortaleza, BR · CC BY 2.0

Orongohaeuser · American at German Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0

Petroglifos en Orongo II · Branislav Marelic Rokov · CC BY-SA 3.0

Royal Palace, Nuku'alofa, Nov 18 · Uhooep · CC BY-SA 4.0

Tutuila coastline near Vatia, American Samoa · Eric Guinther · CC BY-SA 3.0

Vatia village from the National Park of American Samoa · Eddy23 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Papeete harbour, Tahiti, French Polynesia · Balou46 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Ocean and forest seen from Te Rua Manga (The Needle), Rarotonga, Cook Islands · Sleeps-Darkly · CC0

Sopoaga waterfall, Upolu, Samoa · Plenz · CC BY-SA 2.5

Haʻamonga ʻa Maui trilithon, Tongatapu, Tonga · Tauʻolunga · CC BY-SA 3.0