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Countries of Pacific

1 country in Pacific, each with a picture to fix its place, shape or name in your memory.

A lake full of jellyfish

Palau, a western Pacific island nation east of the Philippines, is famous for Jellyfish Lake.

Picture it

East of the Philippines, a scatter of green islands floats in the Pacific. A PAL ("pa-LOW") swims LOW in a lake among millions of golden jellyfish, whose stings are too weak to hurt.

Memory hooks

  • Palau: a pal swimming low among jellyfish (sound-alike)
  • Philippines: the big neighbour just to the west (visual association)