New Guinea is within the southern hemisphere and the theoretical region known as the eastern hemisphere.
No. Papua New Guinea lies entirely within the southern hemisphere.
Yes, Papua New Guinea is certainly not a desert! It is a tropical area that experiences humid rain, usually all year round but mostly in the Southern Hemisphere's winter.
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New Guinea is an island located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, north of Australia. It is divided politically between Indonesia to the west and Papua New Guinea to the east.
Yes. The Kokoda Trail links the southern and northern coasts of Papua New Guinea.
You cannot drive from Sydney to Papua New Guinea. The northern tip of Australia lies 150km from the southern coast of Papua New Guinea.
The southern part of Papua New Guinea is about the same latitude as the northern part of Zambia
New Zealand and Papua New Guinea are both in the Southern Hemisphere. Papua New Guinea occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea, which lies about 150km at its closest point directly to the north of Australia. New Zealand is an island nation about 2000km southeast of Australia. Each is a separate nation, and not part of Australia, as is incorrectly reported in some websites. Together, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and Australia, along with some other islands of the South Pacific, form the political region of Oceania.
The egg laying mammal (monotreme) in Papua New Guinea is the long-beaked echidna.The short-beaked echidna is also found in a small area of southern Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea is on the island of New Guinea, in the southern hemisphere. The western half of the island, together with numerous nearby islands, constitute the country of Papua New Guinea. It lies within the geographical region known as Oceania (which is not a continent), and is directly north of Australia's eastern half. It is east of Indonesia, between the Coral Sea and the South Pacific Ocean.
Papua New Guinea/ New Guinea's official name is Independent State of Papua New Guinea.