Earth:Pacific Rim
The Pacific Rim comprises the lands around the rim of the Pacific Ocean. The Pacific Basin includes the Pacific Rim and the islands in the Pacific Ocean.[1] The Pacific Rim roughly overlaps with the geologic Pacific Ring of Fire.
List of countries on the Pacific Rim
This is a list of countries that are generally considered to be a part of the Pacific Rim, since they lie along the Pacific Ocean.[2] Arranging from north to south, west to east in directional order.
Oceania
- Oceania (sovereign states)
Federated States of Micronesia
Marshall Islands
Palau
Kiribati
Papua New Guinea
Solomon Islands
Nauru
Tuvalu
Australia
Vanuatu
Fiji
Samoa
Tonga
New Zealand
- Oceania (dependent territories)
British Overseas Territory
Pitcairn Islands
External territory of Australia
Norfolk Island
French overseas collectivities
New Caledonia
Wallis and Futuna
French Polynesia
Insular Chile
Easter Island
Realm of New Zealand
Tokelau
Niue
Cook Islands
United States insular areas
Northern Mariana Islands
Guam
American Samoa
United States
Hawaii
Americas
- North America
Canada
United States
Mexico
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Panama
- South America
Colombia
Ecuador
Peru
Chile
Asia
Russian Federation[3]
- East Asia
People's Republic of China
North Korea
South Korea
Japan
Taiwan
- Southeast Asia
Vietnam
Cambodia
Thailand
Malaysia
Singapore
Timor-Leste
Philippines
Indonesia
Brunei
Commerce
The Pacific has much international shipping. The top 10 busiest container ports, with the exception of Dubai's Port of Jebel Ali (9th), are in the Rim nations. They are home to 29 of the world's 50 busiest container shipping ports:
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Organizations
Various intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations focus on the Pacific Rim, including APEC, the East-West Center, Sustainable Pacific Rim Cities,[4] the Pacific Basin Institute, and the Institute of Asian Research. In addition, the RIMPAC naval exercises are coordinated by United States Pacific Command.
Bibliography
- Clausen, A. W. The Pacific Asian Countries: A Force For Growth in the Global Economy. Los Angeles: World Affairs Council, 1984. ED 244 852.
- Cleveland, Harlan. The Future of the Pacific Basin: A Keynote Address. New Zealand: Conference on New Zealand's Prospects in the Pacific Region, 1983.
- Gibney, Frank B., Ed. Whole Pacific Catalog. Los Angeles, CA: 1981.
- "The Pacific Basin Alliances, Trade and Bases." GREAT DECISIONS 1987. New York: Foreign Policy Association, 1987. ED 283 743.
- Palin, Michael (1997). Full Circle. BBC Books. ISBN 0-563-37121-8.. A travelogue of a complete journey around the Pacific Rim accompanying the 1997 TV series Full Circle with Michael Palin.
- Rogers, Theodore S., and Robert L. Snakenber. "Language Studies in the Schools: A Pacific Prospect." EDUCATIONAL PERSPECTIVES 21 (1982): 12–15.
- Wedemeyer, Dan J., and Anthony J. Pennings, Eds. Telecommunications—Asia, Americas, Pacific: PTC 86. "Evolution of the Digital Pacific." Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Pacific Telecommunications Council: Honolulu, Hawaii, 1986. ED 272 147.
- West, Philip, and Thomas Jackson. The Pacific Rim and the Bottom Line. Bloomington, Indiana, 1987.
References
Note: This topic belongs to "Geography" portal
- ↑ Wojtan, Linda S. (December 1987). "Teaching about the Pacific Rim. ERIC Digest No. 43". ERIC. http://www.ericdigests.org/pre-929/rim.htm.
- ↑ "Countries of the Pacific Rim". About.com. http://geography.about.com/library/misc/blpacificrim.htm.
- ↑ Only the Russian Far East, which is partly located on the Pacific Rim
- ↑ "Sustainable Pacific Rim Cities". http://www.sustainablepacific.org/.
Sources
- Phillips, Douglas A. and Steven C. Levi. The Pacific Rim Region: Emerging Giant. Hillside, NJ: Enslow Publishers, 1988. ISBN:0-89490-191-5