How do the Leeward and Society islands relate in Polynesia?

The Leeward Islands form the western part of the Society Islands archipelago in French Polynesia. Alongside the eastern group known as the Windward Islands, they make up the entirety of the Society Islands territory located in the South Pacific Ocean.

What we know

• The Leeward Islands are the western part of the Society Islands in French Polynesia. [5]
• The Society Islands archipelago includes both the eastern group (Windward Islands) and the western group (Leeward Islands). [3, 5]
• The Society Islands are situated in the South Pacific Ocean and form a part of French Polynesia. [2, 5]

Where to go next

• compared withWhat islands make up the Windward group?
• the bigger pictureHow is French Polynesia governed?
• a case in pointWhich major islands belong to the Society archipelago?
• whereWhere are the Leeward Islands located geographically?
• how we knowWhy were the eastern Society islands once called the Georgian Islands?
• an unexpected connectionHow does a remote Greenlandic island share part of its name?Despite being located thousands of miles away in northeastern Greenland, Geographical Society Island shares a descriptive naming connection with the South Pacific archipelago.

Sources

• [1]Society Islands (Wikidata Q118920) · CC0 1.0
• [2]Society Islands · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [3]Windward Islands (Society Islands) · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [4]Geographical Society Island · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [5]Leeward Islands (Society Islands) · CC BY-SA 4.0