Caroline Islands

The Caroline Islands are a widely scattered archipelago of tiny islands in the western Pacific Ocean, to the north of . Politically, they are divided between the in the central and eastern parts of the group, and at the extreme western end.
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  • Type: Archipelago
  • Description: archipelago of tiny islands in the western Pacific Ocean, divided between the Federated States of Micronesia and Palau
  • Also known as: Carolinas”, “Carolines”, “Chickpea Islands”, “Islands of the Kings”, “Islas de los Reyes”, “Isles des Rois”, “Isles of the Kings”, “New Philippines”, “Nuevas Filipinas”, and “the Carolines

Caroline Islands

Latitude
8° north
Longitude
147° east
Population
125,000
Open location code
6RW92222+22
Open­Street­Map ID
node 358689483
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­archipelago
Wiki­data ID
Q118350
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Caroline Islands” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Karolina-eilande
  • Afrikaans: Karoline-eilande
  • Arabic: أرخبيل كارولين
  • Armenian: Կարոլինյան կղզիներ
  • Asturian: Islles Carolines
  • Azerbaijani: Karolin adaları
  • Basque: Karolina uharteak
  • Basque: Karolinak
  • Belarusian: Каралінскія астравы
  • Belarusian: Караліны
  • Breton: Inizi Caroline
  • Bulgarian: Каролински острови
  • Catalan: Carolines
  • Catalan: Illes Carolines
  • Chinese: Caroline Kûn-tó
  • Chinese: 加洛林群島
  • Chinese: 加罗林群岛
  • Chinese: 加羅林群島
  • Chinese: 加路連群島
  • Czech: Karolínské ostrovy
  • Czech: Karolíny
  • Czech: Souostroví Karolíny
  • Danish: Carolinerne
  • Dutch: Caroline-eilanden
  • Dutch: Carolinen
  • Esperanto: Karolininsuloj
  • Esperanto: Karolinoj
  • Esperanto: Nov-Filipinoj
  • Estonian: Karoliinid
  • Finnish: Karoliinien saaristo
  • Finnish: Karoliinit
  • French: Carolines
  • French: Îles Caroline
  • French: Iles Carolines
  • French: îles Carolines
  • French: Îles Carolines
  • French: Îles des Rois
  • Galician: Illas Carolinas
  • Georgian: კაროლინის კუნძულები
  • German: Caroline Islands
  • German: Karolinen
  • German: Karolineninseln
  • German: Ostkarolinen
  • German: Westkarolinen
  • Greek: Καρολίνες νήσοι
  • Hebrew: איי קרוליין
  • Hindi: कैरोलाइन द्वीपसमूह
  • Hungarian: Karolina-szigetek
  • Icelandic: Karólínueyjar
  • Ido: Insuli Karolini
  • Indonesian: Kepulauan Caroline
  • Italian: Isole Caroline
  • Japanese: カロリン諸島
  • Kirghiz: Каролина аралдары
  • Korean: 캐롤라인 제도
  • Latin: Insulae Carolinae
  • Latvian: Karolīnu salas
  • Lithuanian: Karolinai
  • Lithuanian: Karolinų salos
  • Lithuanian: Naujieji Filipinai
  • Macedonian: Каролински Острови
  • Malay: Kepulauan Caroline
  • Min Nan Chinese: Caroline Kûn-tó
  • Mongolian: Каролины арлууд
  • Northern Frisian: Karoliinen
  • Northern Sami: Karoliinnat
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Karolinene
  • Norwegian: Karolinene
  • Panjabi: ਕੈਰੋਲਾਈਨ ਟਾਪੂ-ਸਮੂਹ
  • Persian: جزایر کارولین
  • Polish: Karoliny
  • Polish: Wyspy Karolińskie
  • Portuguese: História das Ilhas Carolinas
  • Portuguese: Ilhas Carolinas
  • Portuguese: Ilhas de Sequeira
  • Romanian: Insulele Caroline
  • Russian: Каролинские острова
  • Slovak: Karolíny
  • Slovenian: Karolinsko otočje
  • Spanish: Carolinas
  • Spanish: Hombres Pintados
  • Spanish: Islas Carolinas
  • Spanish: Islas de las Hermanas
  • Spanish: Islas de los Garbanzos
  • Spanish: Islas de los Reyes
  • Spanish: Los Jardines
  • Swahili: Funguvisiwa la Karolini
  • Swedish: Caroline Islands
  • Swedish: Carolineöarna
  • Swedish: Karolinerna
  • Swedish: Karolinöarna
  • Thai: หมู่เกาะแคโรไลน์
  • Turkish: Caroline Adaları
  • Ukrainian: Каролінські острови
  • Upper Sorbian: Karoliny
  • Urdu: جزائر کیرولن
  • Uzbek: Karolina orollari
  • Vietnamese: Caroline
  • Vietnamese: Quần đảo Caroline
  • Waray (Philippines): Kapuropod-an Caroline
  • Wu Chinese: 加羅林群島
  • Yue Chinese: 加路連群島

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