Palau Mapping

November 3, 2021
Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
Category: DPN Topics

Palau Mapping

Subject – Geography

Context – President of Palau, a Pacific state of 500 low-lying islands under threat from rising sea levels, told the leaders of the G20 industrial powers in a speech: “We are drowning and our only hope is the life-ring you are holding.”

Concept –

Country	Location	Boundaries	Uniqueness
Palau	An island country in the western Pacific. The nation has approximately 340 coral and volcanic islands and connects the western chain of the Caroline Islands with parts of the Federated States of Micronesia.	Palau shares maritime boundaries with international waters to the north, Micronesia to the east, Indonesia to the south, and the Philippines to the north west.	A huge barrier reef system, continuous on the west and broken on the east, encircles most of the archipelago.