A US Navy and Coast Guard operation on Tuesday (local time) rescued three mariners stranded on a tiny Pacific Ocean islet for more than a week after the trio spelled out "HELP" using palm fronds ...

A volcanic islet that suddenly emerged in the Pacific Ocean in August about 1,300 km south of Tokyo has shrunk to one-third over the past month, prompting experts to conclude it will vanish below ...

Eruptions from an undersea volcano have apparently created an islet in the Ogasawara island chain more than 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo in the Pacific Ocean, officials said. The Maritime Self ...

The least populated territory in the world is in the middle of the Pacific Ocean - more than 3,000 miles from any continent. As of July 2014, only 48 people call the Pitcairn Islands and their ...