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Flags of Oceanian sovereign states. A British Blue Ensign defaced with the seven-point Commonwealth Star in the lower hoist quarter and the five stars of the Southern Cross in the fly half. A cyan British Blue Ensign defaced with the shield of Fiji's Coat of Arms in the fly half.
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.
It is a part of the Lists of country subdivision flags, which is split into continents due to its size. For purposes of this article, Oceania is taken to comprise Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. The principal subdivisions are generally the ones that are identified as first-order subdivisions under the ISO 3166-2 coding scheme.
A collage of various national flags around the world (clockwise from top-left): The flag of Brazil being digitally drawn on a computer. The flag of Papua New Guinea on the patch of a soldier. A sports fan waving the flag of South Africa. Giant flag of Turkey made of Lego bricks.
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.
This overview lists flags used by first-level and second-level country subdivisions. The flags of country subdivisions exhibit a wide variety of regional influences and local histories, as well as widely different styles and design principles. For example, some Indonesian provincial flags features a coat of arms, due to many provincial coat of ...
The flag of the Federated States of Micronesia was adopted on 30 November 1978. The blue field represents the Pacific Ocean. In an echo of U.S. heraldic practice, the stars represent the four federated states: Chuuk, Pohnpei, Kosrae and Yap, arranged like the points of the compass. [1]
Conceptions of what constitutes Oceania vary, with it being defined in various ways, often geopolitically or geographically. In the geopolitical conception used by the United Nations , International Olympic Committee , and many atlases, the Oceanic region includes Australia and the nations of the Pacific from Papua New Guinea east, but not the ...