continent mont puke
Mont Puke is the highest point of the French Polynesian island territory of Wallis and Futuna , at an elevation of 524 metres ( 1 , 719 ft ) . Polynesia ( from " poly " " many " + " nsos " " island ") is a subregion of ___MASK32___ , made up of over 1 , 000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean . The indigenous people who inhabit the islands of Polynesia are termed Polynesians and they share many similar traits including language family , culture , and beliefs . Historically , they were experienced sailors and used stars to navigate during the night . Wallis and Futuna , officially the Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands ( and ; or ', Fakauvea and Fakafutuna : '), is a French island collectivity in the South Pacific between Tuvalu to the northwest , Fiji to the southwest , Tonga to the southeast , Samoa to the east , and Tokelau to the northeast . Though both French and Polynesian , Wallis and Futuna is distinct from the entity known as French Polynesia . Tuvalu ( or ), formerly known as the Ellice Islands , is a Polynesian island nation located in the Pacific Ocean , midway between Hawaii and ___MASK74___ , lying east - northeast of the Santa Cruz Islands ( belonging to the Solomons ), southeast of Nauru , south of Kiribati , west of Tokelau , northwest of Samoa and Wallis and Futuna and north of Fiji . It comprises three reef islands and six true atolls spread out between the latitude of 5 ° to 10 ° south and longitude of 176 ° to 180 °, west of the International Date Line . Tuvalu has a population of 10 , 640 ( 2012 census ). The total land area of the islands of Tuvalu is .