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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.
George Orwell, author of Nineteen Eighty-Four, whose wartime BBC career influenced his creation of Oceania. What is known of the society, politics and economics of Oceania, and its rivals, comes from the in-universe book, The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism by Emmanuel Goldstein, a literary device Orwell uses to connect the past and present of 1984. [1]
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 ...
Flag of the Colony of Fiji: 1903 –1908: Flag of the Colony of Fiji: 1908 –1924: Flag of the Colony of Fiji: 1924 –1970: Flag of the Colony of Fiji: 1869 –1871: Flag of the Confederation of Lau: 1906 –1953: Flag of the British New Hebrides: 1953 –1980: Flag of the British New Hebrides: 1867 –1870: Flag of the Colony of New South ...
A golden yellow flag with the Union flag in the upper left (hoist) quarter of the flags. On the Union Jack are two yellow five-pointed stars on the vertical stripe and two on the horizontal stripe. In the centre of the Union flag is a blue disc with another, slightly larger, yellow five-pointed star.
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Special territories recognized by international treaty (such as the special administrative regions of China) Other territories often regarded as separate geographical territories even though they are integral parts of their mother countries (such as the overseas departments of France )
Geography of Oceania. Oceania is A geopolitical and geographical region; One of the eight terrestrial realms; Location Pacific Ocean. Mostly in the South Pacific; Extreme points of Oceania Elevation extremes Highest point: Puncak Jaya in Papua at 4,884 m (16,024 ft) Lowest point: Lake Eyre, Australia at 16 m (52 ft) below sea level