Austral Islands

Aus·tral Islands

 (ô′strəl) also Tu·bu·a·i Islands (to͞o-bwä′ē, to͞o′bo͞o-ī′)

An island group of southern French Polynesia in the southern Pacific Ocean south of Tahiti. Visited by Capt. James Cook in 1769 and 1777, the islands were annexed by France in 1889.

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Austral Islands

(ˈɔːstrəl)

pl n

(Placename) another name for the Tubuai Islands

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Austral Islands - a chain of small islands in French Polynesia Tubuai Islands French Oceania, French Polynesia - a French overseas possession in the South Pacific

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