Oceania
Oceaniais a name used ingeographyfor theregionmade up ofAustralia,Polynesia,Melanesia,and several otherislandnationsin the surrounding area. It is often listed as one of thecontinentsof the world.
The term "Oceania" does not have one single agreed definition. The widest definition of Oceania includes the entire region between continentalAsiaand theAmericas,includingAustralasia,as well as islands in thePacific Rimsuch as theJapanesearchipelago,Taiwan,and the Aleutian islands.
On the other hand, the Oceaniaecozoneincludes all ofMicronesia,Fiji,and all of Polynesia except New Zealand. Sometimes, people use the term 'Oceania' to include only the Polynesian and Melanesian islands in thePacific Ocean,as separate fromAustralasia.When Oceania is treated separately from Australia, the region of Oceania is referred to as "Australia and Oceania".[1]
In theUnited Nations' geographic regions, Oceania includes Australia and the nations of the Pacific fromPapua New Guineaeast, but not theMalay ArchipelagoorIndonesianNew Guinea.[2]
A smaller usage of Oceania as a continent includes only Australia,Tasmania,New Guinea,and the islands between them. This part of the world is usually calledAustralasiainstead. For these reasons, it isnotcorrect to say that Australasia is part of Oceania, because what is meant by 'Oceania' is not clear. Australasia has an exact definition inbiogeographyandgeology;Australasia includes New Zealand, Australia (including Tasmania), and Melanesia, New Guinea, and the islands just north and east of Australia. All these are south-east of theBali–Lombokline, also known as theWallace Line.
Countries in Oceania[change|change source]
Some listed here are part of a larger State.
Australia
Bougainville
Cook Islands[a]
Easter Island
Fiji
Federated States of Polynesia
Galapagos Islands[b]
Guam
HawaiiA State of the U.S.A.
Juan Fernandez Islands[b]
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Federated States of Micronesia
Nauru
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Niue[a]
Norfolk Island
Northern Mariana Islands
Ogasawara
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Pitcairn Islands
Eastern Samoa
Western Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tokelau
Tonga
Tuvalu
United States Minor Outlying Islands
Vanuatu
Wallis and Futuna
Languages[change|change source]
- Bislama in Vanuatu
- Chamorro in Guam and Northern Mariana Islands
- Chinese in Kiribati
- English in Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji, etc.
- Fi gian in Fiji
- French in Vanuatu and France's overseas territories
- Gilbertese in Kiribati
- Hawaiian in Hawaii
- Hindi in Fiji
- Hiri Motu in Papua New Guinea
- Indonesian in South Papua, West Papua, Aru Islands, etc
- Japanese in Bonin Islands
- Malay in Chrismas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Maori in Cook Islands
- Marshallese in Marshall Islands
- Nauruan in Nauru
- Niuean in Niue
- Norfuk in Norfolk Island
- Palauan in Palau
- Pidgin in Hawaii
- Pitkern in Pitcairn Islands
- Rapanui in Easter Island
- Rarotongan in Cook Islands
- Samoan in Samoa and American Samoa
- Spanish in Guam, Micronesia, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Easter Island, Galapagos Islands and the Juan Fernandez Islands
- Tok Pisin in Papua New Guinea
- Tokelauan in Tokelau
- Tongan in Tonga
- Tuvaluan in Tuvalu
References[change|change source]
- ↑Society, National Geographic (2012-01-04)."Australia and Oceania: Physical Geography".National Geographic Society.Retrieved2021-04-21.
- ↑"UNSD — Methodology".unstats.un.org.Retrieved2021-04-21.
Notes[change|change source]
- ↑1.01.1Infree associationwith New Zealand.
- ↑2.02.1Physiologically part of Oceania
