a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere

a Mexican island in the Pacific to the west of Baja California

an archipelago in the North Pacific extending southwest from Alaska

a large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago)

Australia, New Zealand, and neighboring islands in the South Pacific

islands of central and South Pacific (Indonesia and Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia)

a Mexican island in the Pacific to the west of Baja California

an archipelago in the North Pacific extending southwest from Alaska

a large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago)

Australia, New Zealand, and neighboring islands in the South Pacific

islands of central and South Pacific (Indonesia and Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia)

a bloody and prolonged operation on the island of Iwo Jima in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945)

a naval battle in World War II (1944); a decisive naval victory for the United States fleet over the Japanese who were trying to block supplies from reaching American troops on Leyte