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Oceania is made up of Australia new zealand papua new guinea and nearly 25000 islands in the south pacific name one of the south pacific island groups?
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What is Australia's region?
Oceania is the official collective name for Australia, New Zealand and surrounding Islands of the South Western Pacific
What name is sometimes used for islands in the Pacific including Australia and New Zealand?
Oceania
What is Oceania also know as?
Australia and New Zealand are the two largest islands in the area of the Pacific Ocean known as Oceania.
1000s of islands including australia and new zealand?
Polynesia excludes Australia, Australasia excludes most of the Pacific Islands, so Oceania is thousands of islands that include Australia and New Zealand.
What is the 1000's of islands including Australia and New Zealand?
Polynesia excludes Australia, Australasia excludes most of the Pacific Islands, so Oceania is thousands of islands that include Australia and New Zealand.
Is Oceania a continent within a region of the Pacific Ocean?
Oceania is not a continent, but a region. It comprises the continent of Australia, the islands of New Zealand and New Guinea, and several small Pacific islands and territories. There remains dispute over whether or not Oceania is a continent. A continent is theoretically defined as a land mass - which Oceania is not.
New Zealand is located in what part of the county?
New Zealand is an independent country consisting of three main islands in the South Pacific. It lies to the southeast of Australia, and is within the general region known as "Oceania". Oceania is not a continent or a country, just a region of the Pacific.
Is Oceania part of the seven continents?
No, Australia is still called Australia, as it has been since 1824. There are no plans to rename Australia as Oceania. Oceania is a region comprising the nations of Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea, as well as many nations and islands, each politically and culturally separate from the others.
What is the sixth smallest continent in the world?
Oceania is the smallest of the seven continents. While some may think that Australia is a continent, it is not. Together with some of the Pacific islands and New Zealand, it forms the continent Oceania. Australia is a country.
Were is Oceania?
No, the five oceans are, The Pacific, The Southern, The Atlantic, The Indian and the Arctic. I believe that Oceania is a group of small Australian Islands, however i am not sure so maybe look that one up or ask that question next time. Dave, NFFC, Age 19, Nottingham
Why did Australia become Oceania?
It didn't. Australia and Oceania are two completely different things. Australia is a country and a continent. It lies within the political region known as Oceania, which comprises also the islands of New Guinea, New Zealand and various other island nations in the South Pacific. By geographical definition, Oceania is not a continent.
Is the continent Australia properly called Oceania?
Australia is the name of the continent on which the country of Australia exists. Australasia is a region ... which includes Australia, Christmas Islands, Cocos Islands, New Guinea, New Zealand, Norfolk Island and is a part of Oceania. Oceania is the entire region of the south west Pacific and includes Australia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and others. So there is no other name for Australasia or Oceania - and while the regions do overlap, they are not the same thing. Hence, comprehensively, Oceania is not a continent but a region of the Pacific Ocean. It comprises many nations, their territories, and independent islands such as: * Australia * New Zealand * East Timor * Fiji * parts of Indonesia * New Caledonia * Papua New Guinea * Solomon Islands * Vanuatu * Micronesia * Guam * Kiribati * Marshall Island * Nauru * North Mariana Island * Palau * American Samoa * Cook Island * French Polynesia * Nive * Samoa * Tokelau * Tonga * Tuvalu * Wallis & Futuna. Finally, being a large country by comparison, the states of Australia include Tasmania, New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia and Queensland. There are also two 'territories': Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).
