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Australasia is a smaller area within Oceania, and does not have another name. It encompasses New Zealand, Australia, Papua New Guinea, and other nearby islands in the Pacific Ocean. Sometimes Australasia refers to just Australia and New Zealand, as there is no other term by which to define the two countries.
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What is the alternative name for Australasia?
There is no alternative name for Australasia. Australasia is a political region encompassing Australia, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand. Some might believe that "Oceania" is an alternative name, but it is not. Oceania is a region which includes New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and numerous other Pacific islands such as Fiji, Tonga, Nauru and Vanuatu, whereas Australasia does not include the pacific nations.
What is name of region of globe also called Australasia?
Australasia is a subregion of Oceania and includes Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, and neighboring Pacific Islands. This is basically the political continent of Oceania, except it includes all of the island of New Guinea and not just the country of Papua New Guinea. Australasia and Oceania are usually the same term used hand in hand.
What is the name of Australia and its neighboring countries?
Australia is the name of both the country and the continent. The geographical region that encompasses Australia, New Zealand and their immediate Pacific Ocean neighbours is known as Australasia. Australasia, in turn, is part of the larger region known as Oceania
What is the name of the region that includes Australia New Zealand and pacific islands?
Pacifica, while Australia is part of Australasia.
What is the name for the large collection of thousands of islands also known as australasia?
Oceania
What other name is comminly used to idetify this island region.?
The island region is commonly referred to as "Australasia", which includes Australia, New Zealand, and the surrounding islands in the South Pacific.
What is an Australasian?
Australasia is a general geographical region, but it is not a continent. It is part of the larger region known as Oceania (which is also not a continent). Australasia encompasses the continent of Australia, together with the country of New Zealand. Some will define it as also including the island of New Guinea, but because it is not a specific area, New Guinea and neighbouring islands are not always included.
Is another name for Australia Oceania?
There is no specific name for the islands of Oceania. They are sometimes called the islands of the South Pacific, and sometimes they are referred to as Australasia but Oceania comprises too large an area to restrict any island groups to another name.And no, another name for Oceania is notAustralia.
What Another name for Oceania is?
You are probably thinking of Australasia.
What is another name for county?
In the UK a county can also be called a Shire.
What region is New Zealand part of?
Australasia is a regional name that includes both New Zealand and Australia, and Oceania is an even broader regional name encompassing much of the Pacific.Polynesia is a rather more specific regional name, based upon ethnography, and New Zealand, Hawaii, and Easter Island form the bounds of the triangle of Polynesia.Above are the geographic groupings. In addition are the alliances of finance, sporting, military and so on, and various treaty agreements.
What is the name of region of closed figure?
The name for a region of a closed figure is the Area.
