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This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories in the geographical region of Oceania. Although it is mostly ocean and spans many tectonic plates, Oceania is occasionally listed as one of the continents. Most of this list follows the boundaries of geopolitical Oceania, which includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.
Geography of Oceania. Oceania is A geopolitical and geographical region; One of the eight terrestrial realms; Location Pacific Ocean. Mostly in the South Pacific; Extreme points of Oceania Elevation extremes Highest point: Puncak Jaya in Papua at 4,884 m (16,024 ft) Lowest point: Lake Eyre, Australia at 16 m (52 ft) below sea level
National Geographic states that the term Oceania "establishes the Pacific Ocean as the defining characteristic of the continent." [ 50 ] Others have labelled it as the "liquid continent". [ 51 ] [ 52 ] [ 53 ] The Pacific Ocean itself has been labelled as a "continent of islands", and contains approximately 25,000, which is more than all the ...
The United Nations geoscheme subdivides the region into Australia and New Zealand, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. The UNSD notes that "the assignment of countries or areas to specific groupings is for statistical convenience and does not imply any assumption regarding political or other affiliation of countries or territories". [ 1 ]
Geography of Oceania by country (27 C) ... Countries in Oceania by region (4 C) ... Federated States of Micronesia (16 C, 2 P) N.
Geography of Oceania by region (6 C) History of Oceania by region (4 C) Oceanian people by region (4 C). Regions of Oceania by country (2 C, 1 P) + Ecoregions of ...
Category: Geography of Oceania by region. ... Countries in Oceania by region (4 C) Dependent territories in Oceania by region (3 C) M. Geography of Melanesia (8 C, 12 P)
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 46.3 million as of 2024. Oceania is the smallest continent in land area and the second-least populated after Antarctica.