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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.
Below is a list of countries and dependencies in Oceania by area. [1] Australia is the largest country in Oceania while Nauru is the smallest. ... Solomon Islands: 0.3%:
Uninhabited islands of the Federated States of Micronesia (4 P) N. Uninhabited islands of New Caledonia (3 P) Uninhabited islands of New Zealand (9 C, 206 P) O.
5.3.3 Micronesia (Subdivision of Oceania not country) 5.3.4 Polynesia. 6 Southern Ocean. 7 Lakes and rivers. 8 By population. ... Near Islands; Rat Islands; Semidi ...
Biogeographically and geologically, Papua and West Papua provinces are parts of Oceania. Likewise, there is also no clearly defined boundary between Latin America and Oceania; the mostly uninhabited oceanic Pacific islands near Latin America have been considered by some as part of Oceania, both historically and in present-day times.
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