| FRENCHPOLYNESIA | Overseas territory consisting of 118 islands and atolls in the South Pacific Ocean, capital Papeete (6,9) |
| BERMUDA | British overseas territory consisting of a group of more than 150 coral islands in the NW Atlantic (7) |
| NIUE | The "Rock of Polynesia" in the South Pacific that is one of the largest coral atolls in the world (4) |
| TAHITI | Which is the largest and most populous of the 118 islands which make up French Polynesia? (6) |
| CORAL | Marine animal forming reefs and atolls; a host/home of thousands of species of fish including the clownfish (5) |
| DECAPOLIS | Territory consisting of ten cities in ancient Palestine (9) |
| PALAEOCLIMATIC | Melting ice cap and atoll I am relating to planet's past conditions (14) |
| AMERICANSAMOA | Unincorporated territory of the US in the South Pacific Ocean; capital Pago Pago |
| AMERICAN | Unincorporated territory of the US in the South Pacific Ocean; capital Pago Pago (8,5) |
| SAMOA | Unincorporated territory of the US in the South Pacific Ocean; capital Pago Pago (8,5) |
| ADMIRALTY | ? Islands, group in the Bismarck Archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean also known as the Manus Islands (9) |
| VANUATU | Island country in the South Pacific Ocean, the capital of which is Port Vila (7) |
| NEWCALEDONIA | Overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean; capital Noumea (3,9) |
| ALOFI | Capital of Niue in the South Pacific Ocean |
| FIJI | Island country in the South Pacific ocean whose capital is Suva |
| TONGA | Kingdom comprised of an archipelago in the south Pacific Ocean (5) |
| TASMANSEA | Part of the South Pacific Ocean between Australia and New Zealand (6,3) |
| ROSS | Sea of the South Pacific Ocean lying east of Victoria Land, Antarctica (4) |
| KIRITIMATI | Largest atoll in the world, in the Line Islands of the west central Pacific (10) |
| TUVALU | Formerly known as the Ellice Islands, an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, capital Funafuti (6) |
