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the first settlers from South East Asia arrived to the Pacific around 4500 years ago. they came through South East Asia through Near Oceania such as New Guinea and then to present location which is part of melanesia, micro and polynesia...
The Philippines is part of Southeast Asia. It is one of the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEAN.
Indonesia
Southeast Asia separates two different oceans. On the east coast is the Pacific. On the west coast is the Indian Ocean.
areas of Southeast Asia and the South Pacific
The country is located in the pacific ring of Southeast Asia.
Cebu was the first Spanish settlement in Southeast Asia. It was founded by the Spanish Cortes in 1571.
Western Pacific Ocean
Believe it or not "despite its location close to the African continent, the first human settlers of Madagascar appear to have come from Asia, rather than Africa, between 100 and 500 AD. The culture shows the influence of both Africa and Asia. The settlement represented the western-most branch of the great Austronesian expansion. Some of the strongest evidence indicating that the settlers of Madagascar came from this region is linguistic: the Malagasy language belongs to the group of Malayo-Polynesian languages, the rest of which are spoken in the island nations of Southeast Asia and the Pacific Ocean." See the link below.
No. Hurricanes form over water, not land. However Typhoons (essentially the same thing as a hurricane) can form over the Pacific ocean and strike southeast Asia.
Southeast Asia (Vietnam), Asia (Korea), Pacific (WW2), CBI (China, Burma, India Theater WW2).