An orthographic projection of Oceania
Oceania OH -s(h)ee-AH -nee-ə, -AY -OH -shee-A(H)N -ee-əgeographical region including Australasia , Melanesia , Micronesia , and Polynesia . Outside of the English-speaking world, Oceania is generally considered a continent , while Australia is regarded as an island or a continental landmass within that continent. Spanning the Eastern and Western Hemispheres , at the centre of the water hemisphere , Oceania is estimated to have a land area of about 9,000,000 square kilometres (3,500,000 sq mi) and a population of around 44.4 million as of 2022. Oceania is the smallest continent in land area and the second-least populated after Antarctica .
Oceania has a diverse mix of economies from the highly developed and globally competitive financial markets of Australia , French Polynesia , Hawaii , New Caledonia , and New Zealand , which rank high in quality of life and Human Development Index , to the much less developed economies of Kiribati , Papua New Guinea , Tuvalu , Vanuatu , and Western New Guinea . The largest and most populous country in Oceania is Australia, and the largest city is Sydney . Puncak Jaya in Indonesia is the highest peak in Oceania at 4,884 m (16,024 ft).
The rock art of Aboriginal Australians is the longest continuously practiced artistic tradition in the world. Most Oceanian countries are parliamentary democracies , with tourism being a large source of income for the Pacific island nations . (Full article...
Nauru nah-OO -roo NOW -rooNauruan : Naoero ), officially the Republic of Nauru (Nauruan : Repubrikin Naoero ) and formerly known as Pleasant Island , is an island country and microstate in Micronesia , part of Oceania in the Central Pacific . Its nearest neighbour is Banaba of Kiribati , about 300 km (190 mi) to the east.
It lies northwest of
Tuvalu , 1,300 km (810 mi) northeast of the
Solomon Islands , east-northeast of
Papua New Guinea , southeast of the
Federated States of Micronesia and south of the
Marshall Islands . With an area of only 21 km
2 (8.1 sq mi), Nauru is the
third-smallest country in the world, larger than only
Vatican City and
Monaco , making it the smallest
republic and island nation, as well as the smallest member state of the
Commonwealth of Nations by area. Its population of
about 10,800 is the world's
third-smallest (not including colonies or overseas territories). Nauru is a member of the
United Nations , the Commonwealth of Nations, and the
Organization of African, Caribbean, and Pacific States . (
Full article... )
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The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Oceania on 25 January 2020 with the first confirmed case reported in Melbourne , Australia . The virus has spread to all sovereign states and territories in the region. Australia and New Zealand were praised for their handling of the pandemic in comparison to other Western nations, with New Zealand and each state in Australia wiping out all community transmission of the virus several times even after re-introduction in the community.
As a result of the high transmissibility of the Delta variant however, by August 2021, the Australian states of
New South Wales and
Victoria had conceded defeat in their eradication efforts. In early October 2021, New Zealand also abandoned its elimination strategy. (
Full article... )
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The following are images from various Oceania-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 1 Languages of Micronesia. (from
Micronesia )
Image 2 Mokoliʻi Isle near
Oahu ,
Hawaii (from
Polynesia )
Image 3 German New Guinea before and after the German-Spanish treaty of 1899 (from
Micronesia )
Image 4 Chamorro people in 1915 (from
Micronesia )
Image 5 Polynesians with
outrigger canoes at
Waikiki Beach ,
Oahu Island , early 20th century (from
Polynesia )
Image 6 Mount Marpi in
Saipan . (from
Micronesia )
Image 7 Moai at Ahu Tongariki on
Rapa Nui (from
Polynesia )
Image 8 A depiction of a royal
heiau (Hawaiian temple) at
Kealakekua Bay , c. 1816 (from
Polynesia )
Image 9 Carving from the ridgepole of a
Māori house, ca 1840 (from
Polynesia )
Image 10 Aerial view of
Solomon Islands (from
Melanesia )
Image 11 King
Kamehameha I receiving the Russian naval expedition of
Otto von Kotzebue . Drawing by
Louis Choris in 1816. (from
Polynesia )
Image 12 The Polynesian spread of colonization in the Pacific (from
Polynesia )
Image 13 Outline of sovereign (dark orange) and dependent islands (bright orange) (from
Melanesia )
Image 15 Micronesia is one of three major cultural areas of the
Pacific Ocean islands , along with
Melanesia and
Polynesia . (from
Micronesia )
Image 16 Chronological dispersal of
Austronesian peoples across the
Indo-Pacific (from
Micronesia )
Image 17 Image of the
Castle Bravo nuclear test, detonated on 1 March 1954, at
Bikini Atoll (from
Micronesia )
Image 18 Outline of sovereign (dark orange) and dependent islands (bright orange) (from
Micronesia )
Image 20 A pan flute from
Solomon Islands , 19th century (from
Melanesia )
Image 21 On February 14, 1779, Capt.
James Cook was killed on the island of Hawaii (from
Polynesia )
Image 22 Beach scenery at
Laura ,
Majuro , Marshall Islands (from
Micronesia )
Image 24 Māori
war canoe drawn after
James Cook 's voyage to New Zealand. (from
Polynesia )
Image 26 Polynesia is generally defined as the islands within the
Polynesian Triangle . (from
Polynesia )
Image 27 German trading station at
Jaluit Atoll with a Marshallese
korkor outrigger canoe in the foreground (from
Micronesia )
Image 28 Canoe carving on
Nanumea atoll, Tuvalu (from
Polynesia )
Image 29 Kili Island is one of the smallest islands in the
Marshall Islands . (from
Micronesia )
Image 30 Subregions (
Melanesia ,
Micronesia , Polynesia, and
Australasia ), as well as sovereign and dependent islands of
Oceania (from
Polynesia )
Image 31 Map showing the migration and expansion of the
Austronesians which began at about 3000 BC from
Taiwan . The Polynesian branch is shown in green. (from
Polynesia )
Image 32 A
Melanesian child from
Vanuatu (from
Melanesia )
Image 33 Map of Melanesia, showing its location within Oceania (from
Melanesia )
Image 34 Chronological dispersal of
Austronesian peoples across the
Indo-Pacific (from
Melanesia )
Image 35 Melanesia is one of three major cultural areas of the
Pacific Ocean islands , along with
Micronesia and
Polynesia . (from
Melanesia )
Image 36 Outline of sovereign (dark orange) and dependent islands (bright orange) (from
Polynesia )
Image 37 Painting of
Tahitian Women on the Beach by
Paul Gauguin —
Musée d'Orsay (from
Polynesia )
Image 39 The arrival of
Abel Tasman in
Tongatapu , 1643; drawing by
Isaack Gilsemans (from
Polynesia )
Image 40 Polynesian (Hawaiian) navigators sailing multi-hulled
canoe , c. 1781 (from
Polynesia )
Image 41 Australia's concept of Australasia, which includes Australia, New Zealand and, in this case,
Melanesia (from
Australasia )
Image 42 Subregions (
Melanesia ,
Micronesia ,
Polynesia and
Australasia ), as well as sovereign and dependent islands of
Oceania (from
Micronesia )
Image 43 Cook's Bay on
Moorea ,
French Polynesia (from
Polynesia )
Image 44 Polynesia is one of three major cultural areas of the
Pacific Ocean islands , along with
Melanesia and
Micronesia . (from
Polynesia )
Image 45 An illustration of the Cross Spikes Club of the US Navy on
Bikini Atoll , one of several Marshall Islands used for
atomic bomb tests . (from
Micronesia )
Image 47 A common fishing canoe
va'a with outrigger in
Savaiʻi island,
Samoa , 2009 (from
Polynesia )
Image 48 Grinding stones discovered from
archaeology in Samoa (from
Polynesia )
Image 49 Cinder plain of
Mount Yasur in
Vanuatu (from
Melanesia )
Image 51 Sailors of Melanesia in the
Pacific Ocean , 1846 (from
Melanesia )
Australasia Melanesia Micronesia Polynesia
Adamstown Pitcairn Islands 6 Alofi Niue 7 Apia Samoa Avarua Cook Islands 7 Fakaofo Tokelau 8 Funafuti Tuvalu Mata Utu Wallis and Futuna 2 Nukuʻalofa Tonga Pago Pago American Samoa 4 Papeete French Polynesia 2
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