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Oceania (UK: /ˌoʊsiˈɑːniə, ˌoʊʃi-, -ˈeɪn-/ OH-s(h)ee-AH-nee-ə, -⁠AY-, US: /ˌoʊʃiˈæniə, -ˈɑːn-/ ^ⓘ OH-shee-A(H)N-ee-ə) is a geographical region including Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Outside of the English-speaking world, Oceania is generally considered a continent, while Mainland Australia is regarded as its continental landmass. Spanning the Eastern and Western hemispheres, at the centre of the water hemisphere, Oceania is estimated to have a land area of about 9,000,000 square kilometres (3,500,000 sq mi) and a population of around 44.4 million as of 2022. Oceania is the smallest continent in land area and the second-least populated after Antarctica.

Oceania has a diverse mix of economies from the highly developed and globally competitive financial markets of Australia, French Polynesia, Hawaii, New Caledonia, and New Zealand, which rank high in quality of life and Human Development Index, to the much less developed economies of Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Western New Guinea. The largest and most populous country in Oceania is Australia, and the largest city is Sydney. Puncak Jaya in Indonesia is the highest peak in Oceania at 4,884 m (16,024 ft).

The rock art of Aboriginal Australians is the longest continuously practiced artistic tradition in the world. Most Oceanian countries are parliamentary democracies, with tourism serving as a large source of income for the Pacific island nations. (Full article...)

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Kiribati (/ˈkɪrɪbæs/ ^ⓘ KIRR-i-bass, Gilbertese: [kiɾibas]), officially the Republic of Kiribati (Gilbertese: Ribaberiki Kiribati), is an island country in the Micronesia subregion of Oceania in the central Pacific Ocean. Its permanent population is over 119,000 as of the 2020 census, with more than half living on Tarawa atoll. The state comprises 32 atolls and one remote raised coral island, Banaba. Its total land area is 811 km² (313 sq mi) dispersed over 3,441,810 km² (1,328,890 sq mi) of ocean.

The islands' spread straddles the equator and the 180th meridian, making Kiribati the only country in the world located simultaneously in all four hemispheres: the Northern, Southern, Western, and Eastern hemispheres. The International Date Line goes around Kiribati and swings far to the east, almost reaching 150°W. This brings Kiribati's easternmost islands, the southern Line Islands south of Hawaii, into the same day as the Gilbert Islands and places them in the most advanced time zone on Earth: UTC+14. (Full article...)

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Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport (IATA: GUM, ICAO: PGUM) — also known as Guam International Airport — is an international airport located in Tamuning and Barrigada, three miles (4.8 km) east of the capital city of Hagåtña (formerly Agana) in the United States territory of Guam. The airport is a primary cargo hub for Asia Pacific Airlines. It is also the home of the former Naval Air Station Agana, and is the only international airport in the territory. The airport is named after Antonio Borja Won Pat, the first delegate from Guam to the United States House of Representatives, and is operated by the A.B. Won Pat International Airport Authority, Guam (GIAA, Chamorro: Aturidat Puetton Batkon Airen Guahan Entenasionat), an agency of the Government of Guam. (Full article...)

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Image 1Subregions (Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia, and Australasia), as well as sovereign and dependent islands of Oceania (from Polynesia)
Image 2Polynesian (Hawaiian) navigators sailing multi-hulled canoe, c. 1781 (from Polynesia)
Image 3Languages of Micronesia. (from Micronesia)
Image 4The arrival of Abel Tasman in Tongatapu, 1643; drawing by Isaack Gilsemans (from Polynesia)
Image 5Aerial view of Solomon Islands (from Melanesia)
Image 6Mokoliʻi Isle near Oahu, Hawaii (from Polynesia)
Image 7Beach scenery at Laura, Majuro, Marshall Islands (from Micronesia)
Image 8Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, Prime Minister of Samoa from 1998 to 2021, who initiated the Polynesian Leaders Group in late 2011. (from Polynesia)
Image 9Polynesia is one of three major cultural areas of the Pacific Ocean islands, along with Melanesia and Micronesia. (from Polynesia)
Image 10Australia's concept of Australasia, which includes Australia, New Zealand and, in this case, Melanesia (from Australasia)
Image 11On February 14, 1779, Capt. James Cook was killed on the island of Hawaii (from Polynesia)
Image 12Subregions (Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia and Australasia), as well as sovereign and dependent islands of Oceania (from Micronesia)
Image 13Chronological dispersal of Austronesian peoples across the Indo-Pacific (from Melanesia)
Image 14Outline of sovereign (dark orange) and dependent islands (bright orange) (from Micronesia)
Image 15German trading station at Jaluit Atoll with a Marshallese korkor outrigger canoe in the foreground (from Micronesia)
Image 16Chronological dispersal of Austronesian peoples across the Indo-Pacific (from Micronesia)
Image 17German New Guinea before and after the German-Spanish treaty of 1899 (from Micronesia)
Image 18Moai at Ahu Tongariki on Rapa Nui (from Polynesia)
Image 19Māori war canoe drawn after James Cook's voyage to New Zealand. (from Polynesia)
Image 20Cook's Bay on Moorea, French Polynesia (from Polynesia)
Image 21A common fishing canoe va'a with outrigger in Savaiʻi island, Samoa, 2009 (from Polynesia)
Image 22Carving from the ridgepole of a Māori house, ca 1840 (from Polynesia)
Image 23New Caledonia (from Melanesia)
Image 24Map from 1961 of the US Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, formerly Japan's South Seas Mandate. (from Micronesia)
Image 25Melanesia is one of three major cultural areas of the Pacific Ocean islands, along with Micronesia and Polynesia. (from Melanesia)
Image 26A depiction of a royal heiau (Hawaiian temple) at Kealakekua Bay, c. 1816 (from Polynesia)
Image 27Mount Marpi in Saipan. (from Micronesia)
Image 28A pan flute from Solomon Islands, 19th century (from Melanesia)
Image 29Polynesia is generally defined as the islands within the Polynesian Triangle. (from Polynesia)
Image 30A Melanesian child from Vanuatu (from Melanesia)
Image 31Manila Galleon in the Marianas and Carolinas, c. 1590 Boxer Codex (from Micronesia)
Image 32Micronesia is one of three major cultural areas of the Pacific Ocean islands, along with Melanesia and Polynesia. (from Micronesia)
Image 33Outline of sovereign (dark orange) and dependent islands (bright orange) (from Melanesia)
Image 34Tarawa Atoll (from Micronesia)
Image 35Cinder plain of Mount Yasur in Vanuatu (from Melanesia)
Image 36Sailors of Melanesia in the Pacific Ocean, 1846 (from Melanesia)
Image 37Map of Melanesia, showing its location within Oceania (from Melanesia)
Image 38King Kamehameha I receiving the Russian naval expedition of Otto von Kotzebue. Drawing by Louis Choris in 1816. (from Polynesia)
Image 39Image of the Castle Bravo nuclear test, detonated on 1 March 1954, at Bikini Atoll (from Micronesia)
Image 40Köppen-Geiger climate classification map of Melanesia (from Melanesia)
Image 41Polynesians with outrigger canoes at Waikiki Beach, Oahu Island, early 20th century (from Polynesia)
Image 42The Polynesian spread of colonization in the Pacific (from Polynesia)
Image 43Outline of sovereign (dark orange) and dependent islands (bright orange) (from Polynesia)
Image 44Spinner dolphins (from Micronesia)
Image 45Grinding stones discovered from archaeology in Samoa (from Polynesia)
Image 46Chamorro people in 1915 (from Micronesia)
Image 47Kili Island is one of the smallest islands in the Marshall Islands. (from Micronesia)
Image 48Canoe carving on Nanumea atoll, Tuvalu (from Polynesia)
Image 49An illustration of the Cross Spikes Club of the US Navy on Bikini Atoll, one of several Marshall Islands used for atomic bomb tests. (from Micronesia)
Image 50Painting of Tahitian Women on the Beach by Paul Gauguin—Musée d'Orsay (from Polynesia)
Image 51Map showing the migration and expansion of the Austronesians which began at about 3000 BC from Taiwan. The Polynesian branch is shown in green. (from Polynesia)