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Oceania

The islands of the southern, western, and central Pacific Ocean, including Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. The term is sometimes extended to encompass Australia, New Zealand, and the Malay Archipelago.

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How long is the flight between Japan to Guam?

It is about 6100 km or 3800 miles from airport to airport.

It costs about $1000 USD (March 2008).

What is the capital of Guam?

Guam is an island in the Western Pacific Ocean. Latitude/Longitude 13º 30n, 144º 48E.
Guam lies between 13.2°N and 13.7°N and between 144.6°E and 145.0°E, and has an area of 212 square miles (549 km2), making it the 32nd largest island of the United States. It is the southernmost and largest island in the Mariana island chain and is also the largest island in Micronesia. Guam is the closest land mass to the Mariana Trench, a deep subduction zone, that lies beside the island chain to the east. Challenger Deep, the deepest surveyed point in the Oceans, is southwest of Guam at 35,797 feet (10,911 m) deep. The highest point in Guam is Mount Lamlam, which is 1,332 feet (406 m), and surprisingly, is also considered the tallest mountain in the world from below sea level, since it extends in to the Mariana Trench. The island of Guam is 30 miles (48 km) long and 4 mi (6 km) to 12 mi (19 km) wide. The island experiences occasional earthquakes due to its location on the western edge of the Pacific Plate and near the Philippine Sea Plate. In recent years, earthquakes with epicenters near Guam have had magnitudes ranging from 5.0 to 8.7. Unlike the Anatahan volcano in the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam is not volcanically active.[7] However, due to its proximity to Anatahan, vog does occasionally affect Guam.[8] The northern part of the island is a forested coralline limestone plateau while the south contains volcanic peaks covered in forest and grassland. A coral reef surrounds most of the island, except in areas where bays exist that provide access to small rivers and streams that run down from the hills into the Pacific Ocean and Philippine Sea.[9] The island's population is most dense in the northern and central regions.[6]

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 country does Papua New Guinea share a border with?

Papua New Guinea is the only country that is in Papua New Guinea. It is officially called the Independent State of Papua New Guinea. However, it occupies the eastern half of the islandof New Guinea. The western half is occupied by West Papua, an Indonesian province.

What are the three subregions of Oceania?

Countries in OceaniaOceania is not a continent but a region of the Pacific Ocean. It includes several nations and their territories, such as:
  • Australia
  • Christmas Island (Australian territory)
  • Cocos Island (Australian territory)
  • New Zealand
  • Norfolk Island (Australian territory)
  • East Timor
  • Fiji
  • Indonesia (a few islands only)
  • 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
  • Pitcairn (UK territory)
  • Samoa
  • Tokelau
  • Tonga
  • Tuvalu
  • Wallis & Futuna

Some of the country's in the Oceania includes New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Australia, parts of the Philippines islands, and New Zealand. New Caledonia and Vanuatu are also some of the countries in Oceania.

What kind of animals live in Fiji?

Bigfoot. he roams the land like crazy . LOOK OUT!

What is the shortest distance between Australia and Papua New Guinea?

Cape York, the northern tip of Australia, is about 150km from the nearest part of Papua new Guinea.

Population of Oceania?

With Australia the population is 35,669,267.

Without Australia the population would be 13,641,267.

What Creature is on the Papua New Guinea Flag?

The "creature" on Papua New Guinea's flag is a bird, called the Bird of Paradise.
The Raggiana Bird of Paradise

What are the names of the seas around Papua New Guinea?

Papua New Guinea is on the island of New Guinea in the Pacific Ocean. To the east is Solomon Sea; to the southwest is Arafura Sea; to the northeast is Bismarck Sea.

Bodies of water which are not "seas" include the Gulf of Papua in the south, and Torres Strait, between PNG and Australia.

What is Fijis motto?

Fiji's motto is: Rerevaka na Kalou ka doka na Tui. Translated to English is: Fear God and honor the Queen (Queen of England, that is.)

Where do most Christmas traditions come from?

Kris Kringle has origins in The Christkind or Christkindl, the traditional Christmas gift-bringer in regions of Austria, the Czech Republic, Croatia, parts of Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Portugal, Switzerland, Slovakia, Hungary, France, Upper-Silesia in Poland, parts of Hispanic America, in certain areas of southern Brazil and in the Acadiana region of Louisiana.

Is New Zealand part of Oceania?

No. New Zealand is not a part of Europe and is in fact, on the other side of the world, so, not withstanding unprecedented meteoric tectonic plate shifting, it is extremely unlikely that New Zealand will ever be a part of the European Union.

In the book 1984 by George Orwell what swift and sudden change occurs in Oceania?

This question is rather ambiguous. Ocenia's defining trait is in it's lack of change. At a certain point in the novel, the enemy of the state changes from Eurasia to Eastasia, but due to the conditioning of the population, they react as if the enemy has always been Eastasia. Similarly, disbelief O'Brien has that the proles will never overthrow The Party stems from the fact that they will never break out of their cycle.

What regions of the globe do warm surface currents originate?

The equator.From there they flow to the North or South Poles in order to cool them.

How many islands is Kiribati made up of?

The State of Hawaii is composed of 132 islands, reefs and shoals that extend for over 1500 miles across the central North Pacific Ocean from the "Big Island" of Hawaii to Midway and Kure Atolls.

What actors and actresses appeared in Kiribati - 2015?

The cast of Kirpi - 2009 includes: Mazhar Alanson as Kirpi Resat Meric Altintas as Sekreter - secratary Irem Altug as Cigdem Keiko Belir Yarar as Aynur Serkan Bese as Polis Yesim Ceren Bozoglu as Dilarasu Bahtiyar Engin as Komiser Baris Falay as Sadi Ismail Incekara as Mete Halil Kumova as Sevket Bey Inci Pars as Hande Kubilay Penbeklioglu as Polis Murat Serezli as Polis Zuhal Topal as Nergis Hilal Uysun as Ayla

What is the US famous for?

Americans are known for many things including a diverse culture, a strong appreciation of rights such as freedom, being prosperous (not all cases), being very outspoken, etc.

Why did the US acquire Guam?

The United States gained Guam originally at the end of the Spanish American War, it was signed over in the treaty. At the beginning of WWII it was lost to the Japanese (1941) and it was Liberated and won back at the end (1945)

Why did Tuvalu join the United Nations?

Tuvalu joined the United Nations on 5/9/2000. In his speech at the flag raising ceremony at the UN, Prime Minister Ionatana Ionatana said that Tuvalu would benefit from the UN's education and development programs.

Where is Melanesia located?

Off the northern and eastern coasts of Australia

Who is the Premier of Niue?

Toke Tufukia Talagi is the Premier of Niue. Talagi became the Premier of Niue on 2008 June 19.

How are the five large nations of Oceania different from the smaller islands?

The small nations are less active in global trade or The small nations have much poorer economies. The large nations have more developed economies.