Geography
Oceania
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Oceania
Oceania is the name given to the group of countries located in the South Pacific Ocean. It is made up of Australia—itself an island continent—New Zealand, Papua New Guinea...
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Oceania nations: flags and statistics
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Geography of Oceania A-Z
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Australia
The island continent of Australia, though first populated by humans 50–60,000 years ago, lay undiscovered by the rest of the world until the 17th century. Today, it has become a...
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New Zealand
New Zealand was one of the last habitable lands on Earth to be settled by humans. The first people arrived there just 750 years ago. The country is made up of two large...
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New Zealand islands and territories
The Realm of New Zealand is a collection of states and territories united under the monarch of New Zealand, Queen Elizabeth II. New Zealand itself consists of North and South...
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Papua New Guinea
Lying a hundred kilometres or so off Australia's northernmost tip is the island of New Guinea. The western half is part of Indonesia. The eastern portion is independent Papua New...
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Pacific islands
There are about 20,000 islands in the Pacific Ocean. Divided into three groups, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia, most are volcanic in origin—they were either formed by...
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American Samoa
American Samoa is a territory of the USA, consisting of five volcanic islands to the east of the Samoan island chain, together with two coral atolls. Most people are native...
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Easter Island
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Fiji
More than 800 volcanic islands and islets make up Fiji, although only 110 of them are permanently inhabited. The vast majority live on either Vanua Levu or Viti Levu. Fiji’s...
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French Polynesia
Consisting of 118 volcanic islands and coral atolls spread across a vast region of the South Pacific Ocean, French Polynesia is divided into five groups of islands: the Society...
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Guam
Guam, a volcanic island surrounded by coral reefs, is a territory of the US. It is the largest of the Mariana Islands, a chain that lies just west of the Mariana Trench. All the...
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Kiribati
The island nation of Kiribati is made up of 32 coral atolls and one coral island (Banaba), scattered over 3.5 million square kilometres (1,351,000 square miles), encompassing...
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Marshall Islands
The 34 coral atolls and islands of the Marshall Islands lie in the larger island group of Micronesia in the northern Pacific Ocean. Most people live on one of the largest atolls...
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Federated States of Micronesia
Federated States of Micronesia (often abbreviated to Micronesia or FSM) is made up of around 600 islands, varying from high mountainous volcanic islands to low coral atolls. They...
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Nauru
The tiny island of Nauru is the world's second smallest nation by population—only the Vatican City is smaller. Inland from a narrow coastal belt where coconut palms grow, coral...
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New Caledonia
The islands of New Caledonia (Nouvelle Calédonie) belong to France. The main island, Grande Terre, is forested and mountainous. Its jagged landscape has created remote pockets...
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Northern Mariana Islands
The Northern Mariana Islands (officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or CNMI) is a territory of the United States. The Micronesian territory comprises the 14...
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Palau
Lying in the western Pacific, just east of the Philippines, Palau consists of eight principal islands and more than 250 smaller ones. They vary from the mountainous main island of...
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Pitcairn Islands
The Pitcairn Islands are the only Pacific island territory that belongs to the UK. There are four volcanic islands: Pitcairn, Henderson (by far the largest, but difficult to gain...
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Samoa
The western Samoan islands make up the Polynesian country of Samoa. The two main islands are 'Upolu and Savai'i. The capital city, Apia, is situated on 'Upolu. Samoa’s islands...
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Solomon Islands
The Solomon Islands lie to the east of Papua New Guinea. They consist of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands scattered over a wide area of Melanesia—the easternmost...
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Tonga
Tonga consists of a chain of 169 volcanic or coral islands, (divided into three main groups, Vava'u, Ha'apai and Tongatapu) with 36 of them inhabited. Around 70% of Tongans live on...
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Tuvalu
Tuvalu’s six coral atolls and three reef islands lie midway between Hawaii and Australia. After Nauru, Tuvalu is the world's smallest independent nation by population. This tiny...
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Vanuatu
The Melanesian nation of Vanuatu consists of about 82 islands, of which 65 are inhabited. Vanuatu’s forested islands are scattered with active volcanoes. The last major eruption...
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Wallis and Futuna
A French possession, the territory of Wallis and Futuna is made up of three main volcanic islands, along with a number of tiny coral islets. The Polynesian tropical islands are...
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