The Federated States of Micronesia
i/ˌmaɪkroʊˈniːʒə/ (FSM) is an
independent sovereign island nation consisting of
four states – from west to east, Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosrae – that are spread across the Western Pacific
Ocean. Together, the states comprise around 607 islands (a combined land area of
approximately 702 km2 or 271 sq mi) that cover a longitudinal distance of almost 2,700 km (1,678 mi)
just north of the equator. They lie
northeast of New Guinea, south
of Guam and the Marianas, west of Nauru and the Marshall Islands, east of Palau and the Philippines, about 2,900 km (1,802 mi) north of
eastern Australia and some
4,000 km (2,485 mi) southwest of the main islands of Hawaii.More at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federated_States_of_Micronesia
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