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An exclusive economic zone map of the Pacific which includes areas not politically associated with Oceania, that may be considered geographically or geologically within Oceania. In her 1997 book Australia and Oceania, Australian historian Kate Darian-Smith defined the area as covering Australia, New Zealand and the islands of the Melanesia ...
Location of Oceania. The following outline is provided as an overview and topical guide to Oceania. Oceania is a geographical, and geopolitical, region consisting of numerous lands—mostly islands in the Pacific Ocean and vicinity. The term is also sometimes used to denote a continent comprising Australia and proximate Pacific islands.
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 region (6 C) ... Pages in category "Regions of Oceania" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
All three are members of the Pacific Islands Forum, the major governing body for the Oceania region, with Australia being a founding member in 1971. Guam and Northern Mariana Islands have had similar histories to the rest of Micronesia , and are biogeographically and geologically distinct from mainland Asia. [ 58 ]
Regions of Oceania (12 C, 10 P) Reportedly haunted locations in Oceania ... Pages in category "Geography of Oceania" The following 14 pages are in this category, out ...
Category: Geography of Oceania by region. ... Dependent territories in Oceania by region (3 C) M. Geography of Melanesia (8 C, 12 P) Geography of Micronesia (9 C, 9 P) P.
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.