Caroline Islands

Location of Caroline Islands

The Caroline Islands are a group of tiny islands in the western Pacific Ocean. They are north of New Guinea and east of the Philippines. They are part of Micronesia. The western islands are in Palau, and the central and eastern islands are in the Federated States of Micronesia.

The islands stretch across 3,450 km (2,140 mi) from west to east.

Caroline Islands Media

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  Malal de Yorlap, village de Gal, municipalité de Kanifay, Îles Yap (États fédérés de Micronésie).

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  Women fishing with nets, Chuuk (1899–1900)

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  Manila Galleon in the Marianas and Carolinas, c. 1590 Boxer Codex

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  Spanish currency used in the Caroline Islands at the end of the 19th century. Note the German circular punch, made following the Spanish cession of the islands to Germany in 1899.

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  Transfer of sovereignty at Yap in the Western Caroline Islands (1899)

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  A German-era 5-mark "Karolinen" stamp showing a steamship.