Oceania

Micronesia

Location

Oceania, island group in the North Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to Indonesia.

Local militia groups, weapons (various), ballistics danger areas, mines, booby traps, vehicle security, vehicle convoys, personal security, ambushes, kidnappings, bandits/corruption, gunfire/snipers, legal/illegal checkpoints, armed robberies, general travel, navigation, off road driving, building/office security, cold weather injuries, hot weather injuries, personal hygiene, sanitation/sterilisation, clothing & equipment, emergency first aid, helicopter safety, terrorism, cultures/customs, communications, emergency shelters.

Local water okay, sterilise if in doubt.

Islands vary geologically from high mountainous islands to low, coral atolls; volcanic outcroppings on Pohnpei, Kosrae, and Chuuk.

Tropical; heavy year-round rainfall, especially in the eastern islands; located on southern edge of the typhoon belt with occasionally severe damage.

Typhoons (June to December).

Hepatitis A, polio, yellow fever.

Overfishing, climate change, pollution.

No major issues.

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