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The island of New Guinea, rather than Papua New Guinea, is the second largest island. Papua New Guinea just occupies the eastern half. The world's largest island is Greenland.
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Is Papua New Guinea the largest island?
The island of New Guinea, rather than Papua New Guinea, is the second largest island. Papua New Guinea just occupies the eastern half. The world's largest island is Greenland.
What is the world's second largest island?
Papua New Guinea (462,840 km sq)Made up of several little islands, Papua New Guinea is the world's second largest island, covering 785,753 km sq.
What is the second largest country in Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea is the only country in Papua New Guinea. It occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea.
What is the capital city of the world's second largest island?
The world's second largest island is the island of New Guinea, but the island is split between the countries of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea and does not have a capital city itself. (The capital of Indonesia is Jakarta and the capital of Papua New Guinea is Port Moresby)
What is the largest island of melanesia?
Papua New Guinea
What is the largest island in Oceania?
Papua New Guinea
What is the second largest country in Oceania?
Papua New Guinea.
What is the second largest island in Oceania?
The second largest island in Australia is Melville Island, north of Darwin, with an area of 5,786 square kilometres. The state of Tasmania is the largest island in Australia.
Papua New Guinea is part of what two overlapping regions?
Papua New Guinea is part of two overlapping regions. The island is the second largest island in the world. It has a vast expanse of tropical rainforest and also has the world's most traditional forest dwellers.
What are the two largest islands in the pacific ocean?
New Guinea is the largest island (shared by Indonesia and Papua New Guinea) , Borneo is the second (shared by Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei)
What country formerly administered by Australia lies on the world's second-largest island and received full independence in 1975?
Papua New Guinea
What Melanesian country is on the eastern half of the worlds second largest island?
New GuineaNorth of Australia's Torres Strait is the world's second largest island, New Guinea. The western half of this Melanesian island is a part of Indonesia, but the eastern half, known as Papua New Guinea, is a self governing member of the British Commonwealth and has a capital at Port Moresby.
