Wallis Islands

Wallis Islands, group of a main island and some 20 islets forming the northeastern part of the French overseas collectivity of Wallis and Futuna, in the west-central Pacific Ocean. The group is composed of the island of Uvea (not to be confused with Ouvéa Island in New Caledonia; also called Wallis Island) and its surrounding ring of coral islets. The earliest evidence of habitation on Uvea dates from at least 800 bce. The island was...