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Political map of Australia and Oceania showing Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and numerous Pacific island nations and territories. Countries and territories such as Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and Kiribati are labeled, along with territories administered by the United States, United Kingdom, France, and New Zealand. Surrounding bodies of water, including the Pacific Ocean, Coral Sea, and Tasman Sea, are also marked. Map of Oceania showing the major regions of Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia, each outlined and labeled in red. The map includes Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and numerous Pacific island nations, with the Pacific Ocean surrounding the regions. Major islands and island groups within each region are labeled. Map of New Zealand showing the North and South Islands with major cities, towns, and political boundaries labeled. The map includes Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, and other key locations, and features a locator inset highlighting New Zealand's position in the southwestern Pacific Ocean southeast of Australia. Map of the Pacific Islands region showing political boundaries, major island groups, and countries such as Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Samoa, French Polynesia, and Kiribati. The map uses color shading to indicate elevation and ocean depth, with key islands and capitals labeled throughout the central and southwestern Pacific Ocean. World map displaying all continents labeled in bold text-North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and Oceania, and Antarctica-along with major oceans and several seas, such as the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Southern Oceans, and the Mediterranean, Caribbean, and Caspian Seas. Latitude lines including the Equator, Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, and the Antarctic Circle are also marked.
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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Social Sciences LibreTexts - Oceania. May 18, 2026
Article revised; population updated. Mar 12, 2025
Add new Web site: Social Sciences LibreTexts - Oceania. Feb 15, 2025
Maps added. Apr 14, 2023
Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Oceania, c. 1200-1450 CE. Apr 04, 2023
Add new Web site: Globalseurity.org - Oceania Military Guide. Aug 25, 2022
Corrected display issue. Jan 30, 2020
Add new Web site: Interesting Facts for Kids - Interesting Facts about Oceania. Jan 31, 2019
Add new Web site: Easy Science For Kids - Oceania. Dec 21, 2016
Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Humanities - Art of Oceania. Apr 22, 2016
Add new Web site: National Geographic - Australia and Oceania: Physical Geography. Mar 10, 2016
Add new Web site: International Union for Conservation of Nature - Oceania, Pacific Ocean. Mar 08, 2016
Added new Web site: National Geographic - Travel and Cultures - Australia and Oceania Region. Apr 16, 2009
Article revised. Feb 20, 2004
Article revised. Aug 02, 2002
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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