An orthographic projection of Oceania
water hemisphere, Oceania is estimated to have a land area of about 9,000,000 square kilometres (3,500,000 sq mi) and a population of around 44.4 million as of 2022. When compared to the other continents, Oceania is the smallest in land area and the
second-least populated after
Antarctica . It is sometimes used interchangably with the
Australia (continent)
Oceania has a diverse mix of economies from the highly developed and globally competitive financial markets of Australia , French Polynesia , Hawaii , New Caledonia , and New Zealand , which rank high in quality of life and Human Development Index , to the much less developed economies of Kiribati , Papua New Guinea , Tuvalu , Vanuatu , and Western New Guinea , while also including medium-sized economies of Pacific islands such as Fiji , Palau , and Tonga . The largest and most populous country in Oceania is Australia, and the largest city is Sydney. Puncak Jaya in Highland Papua , Indonesia , is the highest peak in Oceania at 4,884 m (16,024 ft).
The
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Hiri Motu:
Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini ), it shares its only land border with
Indonesia to the west and it is directly adjacent to
Australia to the south and the
Solomon Islands to the east. Its capital, located along its southeastern coast, is
Port Moresby . The country is the world's third largest
island country 2 (178,700 sq mi).
At the national level, after being ruled by three external powers since 1883, including nearly 60 years of Australian administration starting during
World War I , Papua New Guinea established its sovereignty in 1975, becoming an independent
Commonwealth realm with
Elizabeth II as its queen. Since
Elizabeth II's death in 2022,
Charles III has been the country's
king . It is also a member of the
Commonwealth of Nations in its own right. (
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A Carolinian wa Pohnpei with a single outrigger typical of Pacific proas
Island Southeast Asia
, and sometimes ships with no outriggers or sails at all.
In its most common usage, the term
proa refers to the Pacific proas which consist of two (usually) unequal-length parallel
Northern Marianas, which were known as the "flying proas" for their remarkable speed. (
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The following are images from various Oceania-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 1 A common fishing canoe
va'a with outrigger in
Savaiʻi island,
Samoa , 2009 (from
Polynesia )
Image 2 Moai at Ahu Tongariki on
Rapa Nui (from
Polynesia )
Image 3 Canoe carving on
Nanumea atoll, Tuvalu (from
Polynesia )
Image 4 German New Guinea before and after the German-Spanish treaty of 1899 (from
Micronesia )
Image 5 Carving from the ridgepole of a
Māori house, ca 1840 (from
Polynesia )
Image 6 On February 14, 1779, Capt.
James Cook was killed on the island of Hawaii (from
Polynesia )
Image 9 Polynesian (Hawaiian) navigators sailing multi-hulled
canoe , c. 1781 (from
Polynesia )
Image 11 Polynesia is one of three major cultural areas of the
Pacific Ocean islands , along with
Melanesia and
Micronesia . (from
Polynesia )
Image 12 Cinder plain of
Mount Yasur in
Vanuatu (from
Melanesia )
Image 13 Mount Marpi in
Saipan . (from
Micronesia )
Image 14 Kili Island is one of the smallest islands in the
Marshall Islands . (from
Micronesia )
Image 15 Subregions (
Melanesia ,
Micronesia , Polynesia, and
Australasia ), as well as sovereign and dependent islands of
Oceania (from
Polynesia )
Image 17 A depiction of a royal
heiau (Hawaiian temple) at
Kealakekua Bay , c. 1816 (from
Polynesia )
Image 18 Chamorro people in 1915 (from
Micronesia )
Image 19 Māori
war canoe drawn after
James Cook 's voyage to New Zealand. (from
Polynesia )
Image 21 Outline of sovereign (dark orange) and dependent islands (bright orange) (from
Melanesia )
Image 22 German trading station at
Jaluit Atoll with a Marshallese
korkor outrigger canoe in the foreground (from
Micronesia )
Image 24 Chronological dispersal of
Austronesian peoples across the
Indo-Pacific (from
Micronesia )
Image 25 Map of Melanesia, showing its location within Oceania (from
Melanesia )
Image 26 An illustration of the Cross Spikes Club of the US Navy on
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Image 27 Mokoliʻi Isle near
Oahu ,
Hawaii (from
Polynesia )
Image 28 Map showing the migration and expansion of the
Austronesians which began at about 3000 BC from
Taiwan . The Polynesian branch is shown in green. (from
Polynesia )
Image 29 The arrival of
Abel Tasman in
Tongatapu , 1643; drawing by
Isaack Gilsemans (from
Polynesia )
Image 30 Aerial view of
Solomon Islands (from
Melanesia )
Image 31 King
Kamehameha I receiving the Russian naval expedition of
Otto von Kotzebue . Drawing by
Louis Choris in 1816. (from
Polynesia )
Image 32 Outline of sovereign (dark orange) and dependent islands (bright orange) (from
Micronesia )
Image 33 A
Melanesian child from
Vanuatu (from
Melanesia )
Image 34 A pan flute from
Solomon Islands , 19th century (from
Melanesia )
Image 35 Beach scenery at
Laura ,
Majuro , Marshall Islands (from
Micronesia )
Image 36 Grinding stones discovered from
archaeology in Samoa (from
Polynesia )
Image 37 Image of the
Castle Bravo nuclear test, detonated on 1 March 1954, at
Bikini Atoll (from
Micronesia )
Image 38 Australia's concept of Australasia, which includes Australia, New Zealand and, in this case,
Melanesia (from
Australasia )
Image 39 Chronological dispersal of
Austronesian peoples across the
Indo-Pacific (from
Melanesia )
Image 41 Melanesia is one of three major cultural areas of the
Pacific Ocean islands , along with
Micronesia and
Polynesia . (from
Melanesia )
Image 42 Painting of
Tahitian Women on the Beach by
Paul Gauguin —
Musée d'Orsay (from
Polynesia )
Image 43 Outline of sovereign (dark orange) and dependent islands (bright orange) (from
Polynesia )
Image 44 The Polynesian spread of colonization in the Pacific (from
Polynesia )
Image 46 Micronesia is one of three major cultural areas of the
Pacific Ocean islands , along with
Melanesia and
Polynesia . (from
Micronesia )
Image 47 Subregions (
Melanesia ,
Micronesia ,
Polynesia and
Australasia ), as well as sovereign and dependent islands of
Oceania (from
Micronesia )
Image 48 Sailors of Melanesia in the
Pacific Ocean , 1846 (from
Melanesia )
Image 49 Languages of Micronesia. (from
Micronesia )
Image 50 Polynesians with
outrigger canoes at
Waikiki Beach ,
Oahu Island , early 20th century (from
Polynesia )
Image 52 Polynesia is generally defined as the islands within the
Polynesian Triangle . (from
Polynesia )
Australasia Melanesia Micronesia Polynesia
Adamstown Pitcairn Islands 6 Alofi Niue 7 Apia Samoa Avarua Cook Islands 7 Fakaofo Tokelau 8 Funafuti Tuvalu Mata Utu Wallis and Futuna 2 Nukuʻalofa Tonga Pago Pago American Samoa 4 Papeete French Polynesia 2
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