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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.
The umbrella term Pacific Islands has taken on several meanings. [1] Sometimes it is used to refer only to the islands defined as lying within Oceania. [2] [3] [4] At other times, it is used to refer to the islands of the Pacific Ocean that were previously colonized by the British, French, Spaniards, Portuguese, Dutch, or Japanese, or by the United States.
Pitcairn Group of Islands British overseas territory: English: Pitcairn Islands — Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands Pitkern: Pitkern Ailen: Adamstown [22] [24] 48 [30] 47 km 2 (18 sq mi) South Papua South Papua Province Province of Indonesia: Indonesian: Papua Selatan: Merauke Regency: 517,623 [32] 127,280.69 km 2 (49,143 sq mi ...
Note that the definition of the ocean used by the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) excludes the seas, gulfs, bays, etc., bordering the ocean itself. [1] Thus, for instance, not all of the islands of the United Kingdom are actually in or bordering on the Atlantic. For reference, islands in gulfs and seas are included in a separate ...
Flat Islands, Bovista Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador Flat Islands* Florida Keys; Hermite Islands; Ildefonso Islands; Karl Oom Islands; Magdalen Islands (Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine) Marcopeet Islands; Mingan Archipelago; Outer Lands (New England-New York islands) Payne Islands; Plover Islands; Puerto Rico. Mona Islands; Punuk Islands; Saint Peter ...
Pitcairn Islands : 0.0001%: 5 (1.9) Total 100% 8,935,502 (3,450,017) See also. List of countries and dependencies by area; List of Oceania countries by population
One island Oceanic Norway: 377 146 No permanent resident: 0 0 Arctic Ocean Jersey [n 19] [11] One main island Continental shelf United Kingdom: 116 45 94,949 819 2,120 English Channel, Channel Islands: Juan Fernandez Islands: Two main islands Oceanic Chile: 100 39 926 9.2 24 Pacific Ocean: Lakshadweep: Archipelago Oceanic India: 32.62 12.59 ...
An aerial view of islands in the Seychelles This is a list of the lists of islands in the world grouped by country , by continent , by body of water , and by other classifications. For rank-order lists, see the other lists of islands below.