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Geography of New Caledonia
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Geography of New Caledonia
The geography of
New Caledonia
(
Nouvelle-Calédonie
), an
overseas collectivity
of
France
located in the
subregion
of
Melanesia
, makes the continental island group unique in the
southwest Pacific
. Among other things, the island chain has played a role in preserving unique biological lineages from the
Mesozoic
. It served as a waystation in the expansion of the predecessors of the Polynesians, the
Lapita
culture. Under the
Free French
it was a vital naval base for
Allied Forces
during the
War in the Pacific
.
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