Google Maps has captured an uninhabited atoll found within French Polynesia in the South Pacific. But there is something unusual about this mysterious atoll - it is no ordinary tropical island.

While there are so many Polynesian islands to choose from, each promising lasting memories, we dug deep into traveler tales to bring you those worth visiting.

A description of some forty-five of the more important islands in the Central Pacific, by a curator at the Bishop Museum in Honolulu. There is a map of each island, several illustrations, and an ...

I've been to the Society Islands—one of French Polynesia's five island groups, which includes Raiatea as well as Tahiti and Bora-Bora—before, ... on the new-nomad map.