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Papua New Guinea has one land border—that which divides the island of New Guinea. Across the 820 km (509 mi) border is the Indonesian provinces of Papua , Highland Papua and South Papua . Papua New Guinea's border with Indonesia is not straight; the border loops slightly to the west along the Fly River in the south-central part of New Guinea ...
The location of Papua New Guinea An enlargeable map of Papua New Guinea. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Papua New Guinea: . Papua New Guinea is a sovereign island nation of Oceania comprising the eastern half of the Island of New Guinea [a] and numerous offshore islands in the western South Pacific Ocean. [1]
English: Map of Oceania based on the United Nations geoscheme M49 coding classification devised by the United Nations Statistics Division with illustrative (not definitive, nor authoritative) Zones for countries. SVG format.
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.
For political reasons, the United Nations considers the boundary between the two regions to be the Indonesian–Papua New Guinean border. [2] Papua New Guinea is occasionally considered Asian as it neighbours Indonesia, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] but this is rare, and it is generally accepted to be part of Oceania.
English: Map of Oceania based on the United Nations geoscheme M49 coding classification devised by the United Nations Statistics Division with illustrative (not definitive, nor authoritative) Zones for countries and ISO-3166 country codes. SVG format.
Map of Papua New Guinea Share of forest area in total land area, top countries (2021). Papua New Guinea has the eighth highest percentage of forest cover in the world. At 462,840 km 2 (178,704 sq mi), Papua New Guinea is the world's 54th-largest country and the third-largest island country. [14]
Below are separate lists of countries and dependencies with their land boundaries, and lists of which countries and dependencies border oceans and major seas. The first short section describes the borders or edges of continents and oceans/major seas. Disputed areas are not considered.