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Depending on the context, the term Pacific Islands may refer to one of several different concepts: (1) those countries and islands with common Austronesian origins, (2) the islands once (or currently) colonized, (3) the geographical region of Oceania, or (4) any island located in the Pacific Ocean. This list of islands in the Pacific Ocean is ...
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.
This is a list of countries by number of islands, with figures given for the numbers of islands within their territories. In some cases, this figure is approximate and may vary slightly between sources depending on which islands are counted. The criteria for inclusion appear to differ considerably between the countries so they are not necessarily directly comparable. Different languages use ...
Pacific Ocean, Micronesia: 1979 May 10 Nauru: NR NRU One main island: Oceanic 21 8.1 12,580 599 1,550 Pacific Ocean, Micronesia: 1968 January 31 New Zealand NZ NZL An archipelago around two main islands: Te Ika-a-Māui (the North Island) Te Waipounamu (the South Island) Continental shelf [n 9] 270,467 104,428 5,125,451 19 49 Pacific Ocean ...
This is a list of Oceanian countries and dependencies by population in Oceania, which includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. Projections are from the United Nations [ 1 ] and official figures are from the Pacific Community [ 2 ] and other official sources.
World map of the five-ocean model with approximate boundaries. This list of countries which border two or more oceans includes both sovereign states and dependencies, provided the same contiguous territory borders on more than one of the five named oceans, the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and Arctic. [1]
Baker Island [f] and Howland Island [f] (United States) 1 1 1 Kiribati Bangladesh: 2 2 2 Myanmar India Barbados: 5 5 4 Guadeloupe [l] (T) Martinique [l] (T) Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago (J) [t 14] Bassas da India, Europa Island, and Juan de Nova Island [d] [t] 2 2 2 Madagascar Mauritius
This is a list of islands in Oceania by area. It includes all islands in Oceania greater than 10 km 2 (3.9 sq mi), sorted in descending order by area. No Indonesian islands outside the provinces of Western New Guinea or any other island of the Malay Archipelago are included. For comparison, mainland Australia is also shown.