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From Wiktionary. Oceania is a geographical, often geopolitical, region consisting of numerous lands—mostly islands in the Pacific Ocean and vicinity. The exact scope of Oceania is defined variously, with interpretations often including Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, and various islands of the Malay Archipelago. Ethnologically, the islands of Oceania are divided into the subregions of Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. The term is also used by numerous authors and in many languages to define one of the continents.
Extent
Originally coined by the French explorer Dumont d'Urville in 1831, Oceania has been traditionally divided into Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and Australasia. As with any region, however, interpretations vary; increasingly, geographers and scientists divide Oceania into Near Oceania and Remote Oceania.
Most of Oceania consists of small island nations. Australia is the only continental country but Indonesia has land borders with Papua New Guinea, East Timor, and Malaysia.
Population
( estimate)
|
Name of territory |
Est Population |
Capital |
|
Australasia
Australia
Christmas Island (Australia)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)
New Zealand
Norfolk Island (Australia)
|
21,050,000
1493
632
4,108,037
1,866 |
Canberra
Flying Fish Cove
West Island
Wellington
Kingston |
Melanesia
Fiji
Indonesia (Oceanian part only)
New Caledonia (France)
Papua New Guinea
Solomon Islands
Vanuatu |
856,346
4,211,532
207,858
5,172,033
494,786
196,178 |
Suva
Jakarta
Nouméa
Port Moresby
Honiara
Port Vila |
Micronesia
Federated States of Micronesia
Guam (USA)
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Nauru
Northern Mariana Islands (USA)
Palau |
135,869
160,796
96,335
73,630
12,329
77,311
19,409 |
Palikir
Hagatna
South Tarawa
Majuro
Yaren
Saipan
Melekeok |
Polynesia
American Samoa (USA)
Cook Islands (NZ)
French Polynesia (France)
Niue (NZ)
Pitcairn Islands (UK)
Samoa
Tokelau (NZ)
Tonga
Tuvalu
Wallis and Futuna (France)
Total |
68,688
20,811
257,847
2,134
47
178,631
1,431
106,137
11,146
15,585
35,834,670
|
Pago Pago, Fagatogo
Avarua
Papeete
Alofi
Adamstown
Apia
Nuku'alofa
Funafuti
Mata-Utu
|
Australia is sometimes not included in Oceania, although a term like Pacific Islands would normally be used to describe Oceania without Australia and New Zealand. The term "Australasia" invariably includes Australia, and usually includes New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and parts of Oceania, but this term is sometimes controversial outside of Australia, as it may be seen as indicating a link with Asia — a separate continent — or as too greatly emphasising Australia. "Austral" means "of, relating to, or coming from the south", and is the common root of both Australia and Australasia.
Hawaii is the northern corner of the Polynesian triangle and is generally included in Oceania, though politically it is part of the United States. The Hawaiian language is a Polynesian member of the Oceanic language family, and Hawaiian culture is one of the major cultures of Polynesia.
The few U.S. territories in the North Pacific are generally considered part of Oceania.
Rapa Nui or Easter Island is the eastern corner of the Polynesian triangle, a Polynesian island in the eastern Pacific Ocean, part of the territory of Chile, and is generally included in Oceania, in which case the most easterly place in Polynesia and Oceania, is its dependency Sala y Gómez 415 km to the East.
New Zealand is the western corner of the Polynesian triangle and its indigenous Māori constitute one of the major cultures of Polynesia.
On very rare occasions the term may be stretched even further to include other Pacific island groups such as the Aleutian Islands.[citation needed]
The line in Indonesia dividing Oceania from Asia varies in location and is sometimes considered to be the Wallace Line. See the transcontinental country article.
Although Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands belong to the Commonwealth of Australia, they are west of Sumatra and commonly associated with Asia.
The Philippines, an archipelago in the Western Pacific Ocean, is sometimes included in Oceania, due to its Austronesian people, its role as the centre of the former Spanish East Indies, and as a former naval power in the Pacific when it was a territory of the United States from (1898–1946). Except for Palawan all of its larger islands lie to the East of the Wallace line
East Timor is frequently reckoned as a part of Oceania due to its geographical position to the east of the Wallace Line and its cultural ties to the Pacific people. See transcontinental country.
Ecogeography
Oceania is one of eight terrestrial ecozones, which constitute the major ecological regions of the planet. The Oceania ecozone includes all of Micronesia, Fiji, and all of Polynesia except New Zealand. New Zealand, along with New Guinea and nearby islands, Australia, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and New Caledonia, constitute the separate Australasia ecozone.
The UN designation for Oceania is "Australia and New Zealand."
Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands are Australian external territories in the Indian Ocean southwest of Indonesia.
New Zealand is often considered part of Polynesia rather than Australasia.
Excludes Timor-Leste and parts of Indonesia, island territories in Southeastern Asia (UN region) frequently reckoned in this region.
Indonesia is generally considered a territory of Southeastern Asia (UN region); wholly or partially, it is also frequently included in Australasia or Melanesia. Figures include Indonesian portion of New Guinea (Irian Jaya) and Maluku Islands.
Papua New Guinea is often considered part of Australasia as well as Melanesia.
Excludes the US state of Hawaii, which is distant from the North American landmass in the Pacific Ocean, and Easter Island, a territory of Chile in South America.
Countries and territories of Oceania
Australasia
Australia · Christmas Island · Cocos (Keeling) Islands · New Zealand1 · Norfolk Island
Melanesia
Fiji · Indonesia (Maluku Islands) · New Caledonia · Papua New Guinea2 · Solomon Islands · Vanuatu
Micronesia
Federated States of Micronesia · Guam · Kiribati · Marshall Islands · Nauru · Northern Mariana Islands · Palau
Polynesia
American Samoa · Cook Islands · French Polynesia · Niue · Pitcairn · Samoa · Tokelau · Tonga · Tuvalu · Wallis and Futuna
Often included in Polynesia, New Guinea is often included in Australasia
Oceania includes
Australasia · Melanesia · Micronesia · Polynesia
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