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  2. List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Oceania

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    The Malay Archipelago has historically been associated with Oceania, [13] [9] [14] [15] however, very few present-day definitions include it as part of Oceania. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] The Malay Archipelago lies on the continental shelf of Asia; Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands (both adjacent to the Malay Archipelago) lie on the Australian ...

  3. Outline of the Marshall Islands - Wikipedia

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    The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Marshall Islands: Marshall Islands – sovereign Micronesian island nation located in the western North Pacific Ocean , north of Nauru and Kiribati , east of the Federated States of Micronesia , and south of the U.S. territory of Wake Island , to which it lays claim.

  4. List of countries by number of islands - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of countries by number of islands, with figures given for the numbers of islands within their territories. In some cases, this figure is approximate and may vary slightly between sources depending on which islands are counted. The criteria for inclusion appear to differ considerably between the countries so they are not necessarily directly comparable. Different languages use ...

  5. List of Oceanian countries by area - Wikipedia

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    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. ... Marshall Islands: 0 ...

  6. Geography of the Marshall Islands - Wikipedia

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    Bikini and Enewetak are former US nuclear test sites; Kwajalein, the famous World War II battleground, is now used as a US missile test range; the island city of Ebeye is the second largest settlement in the Marshall Islands, after the capital of Majuro, and one of the most densely populated locations in the Pacific. [2] Majuro and Arno Atolls

  7. Marshall Islands - Wikipedia

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    The Marshall Islands is the only country in the world that does not have a national football team. [149] The Marshall Islands is therefore the only sovereign country in the world that does not have a record of a national football match. [150]

  8. Oceania - Wikipedia

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    The 1926 book Modern World History, 1776–1926, by Alexander Clarence Flick, considered Oceania to include all islands in the Pacific, and associated the term with the Malay Archipelago, the islands of Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia, the Aleutian Islands, Japan's Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan and the Kuril Islands. [97]

  9. List of countries and territories by the United Nations ...

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    This is a list of countries and territories by the United Nations geoscheme, including 193 UN member states, two UN observer states (the Holy See [note 1] and the State of Palestine), two states in free association with New Zealand (the Cook Islands and Niue), and 49 non-sovereign dependencies or territories, as well as Western Sahara (a disputed territory whose sovereignty is contested) and ...