Micronesia, from the Greek mikros (μικρός) (meaning small) and nesos (νῆσος) (meaning island),'s a subregion of Oceania, comprising hundreds of small islands in the Pacific Ocean. The Philippines lie to the northwest, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Melanesia to the west and south, and Polynesia to the east. Geography and history This region consists of many hundreds of small islands spread over a large region of the western Pacific. The… (More on Micronesia)