How would you describe the region of Oceania?

Oceania is a region made up of thousands of islands throughout the Central and South Pacific Ocean. It includes Australia, the smallest continent in terms of total land area. The name “Oceania” justly establishes the Pacific Ocean as the defining characteristic of the continent.

Is Oceania its own country?

In the UN’s geopolitical conception used by the International Olympic Committee, and by many atlases, Oceania includes Australia and the nations of the Pacific from Papua New Guinea east, but not Indonesian New Guinea.

What is the largest nation in the Oceania culture region?

By far the largest country by area is Australia with 7,692,024 km², followed by Papua New Guinea with 462,840 km² and New Zealand (270,467 km²). The smallest independent country in Oceania is the island nation of Nauru, it covers an area of 21 km² (8 sq mi).

What makes Oceania unique?

The name Oceania is used, rather than Australia, because unlike the other continental groupings, it is the ocean rather than the continent that links the nations together. Oceania is the smallest continental grouping in land area and the second smallest, after Antarctica, in population.

Is Oceania a region or country?

Oceania is a region in the Pacific Ocean. It consists of 4 subregions, Australia and New Zealand, Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia. Approximately 43 million people live in Oceania. Oceania contains 14 independent countries and 8 dependencies.

What makes Oceania a unique region of the world?

Oceania is a realm like no other. Nowhere else in the world can one find some of the unique wildlife that is found in this realm, and no other region is as isolated. Oceania is the only world region not connected by land to another region.

What is a fact about Oceania?

Oceania is the smallest continent in the world by land area. At 3,291,903 square miles (8,525,989 km2), Oceania is the smallest continent in the world in terms of land area. And its population of just over 40 million people makes it the 6th least populous continent in the world, behind Antarctica.

Why is Oceania not considered a continent?

Oceania is in a continental group consisting of 14 countries and includes Pacific islands and Australia. Often Australia is named as continent, but this means that the many islands and countries except Australia would then be not included. Oceania in fact is mostly ocean and spans a vast area as you can see below.

Why is Oceania a continent?