Oceania

Oceania is a vast, arbitrarily defined expanse of the world where the Pacific Ocean – rather than land borders – connects the nations. It is home to glistening white beaches, coconut palms swaying in the breeze, beautiful coral reefs, and rugged volcanic islands rising out of the blue ocean.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Australia and New Zealand.

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There is nowhere else quite like , nicknamed the Land Down Under, the only country that has a whole continent to itself. With Indigenous cultures that go back over 65,000 years and truly global immigration in modern times, the country is famous for its natural wonders, wide open spaces, beaches, deserts, "the bush", and "the ".

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is one of the most beautiful countries in the world, a country of stunning and diverse natural beauty: jagged mountains, rolling pasture land, steep fiords, pristine trout-filled lakes, raging rivers, scenic beaches, and active volcanic zones.

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is the most far-flung, easterly region of Oceania. A collection of island paradises, many aspects of Polynesian cultures have been exported around the world through media and tourism campaigns.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Melanesia and Micronesia.

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is a subregion of Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It extends from in the west to the Fiji Islands in the east, and includes the Arafura Sea.

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, in northwest Oceania, is the home of tropical and subtropical islands in the Pacific Ocean. With the exceptions of Kiribati and Nauru, most of is associated with the United States.

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The Independent State of comprises the eastern part of the world's largest and highest tropical island, , together with many smaller offshore islands.

Oceania

Latitude of center
-20° or 20° south
Longitude of center
137° east
Population
46,600,000
Wiki­data ID
Q55643
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Oceania” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: “Океаниа”
  • Achinese: “Oseania”
  • Adyghe: “Океание”
  • Afrikaans: “Oseanië”
  • Albanian: “Oqeania”
  • Amharic: “ኦሺያኒያ”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ὠκεανία”
  • Angika: “ओशिनिया”
  • Angika: “ओशीनिया”
  • Arabic: “أوقيانوسيا”
  • Arabic: “الأقيانوس”
  • Aragonese: “Oceanía”
  • Armenian: “Օվկիանիա”
  • Arpitan: “Ocèania”
  • Assamese: “ওচেনিয়া”
  • Asturian: “Oceanía”
  • Atayal: “Tayangco”
  • Azerbaijani: “Okeaniya və Avstraliya”
  • Azerbaijani: “Okeaniya”
  • Balinese: “Oséania”
  • Bambara: “Oseania”
  • Banjar: “Oseania”
  • Bashkir: “Австралия һәм Океания”
  • Bashkir: “Океания һәм Австралия”
  • Bashkir: “Океания”
  • Basque: “Ozeania”
  • Batak Mandailing: “Oseania”
  • Batak Toba: “Oseania”
  • Bavarian: “Australien und Ozeanien”
  • Bavarian: “Ozeanien und Australien”
  • Bavarian: “Ozeanien”
  • Belarusian: “Акіянія і Аўстралія”
  • Belarusian: “Акіянія”
  • Belarusian: “Аўстралія і Акіянія”
  • Bengali: “ওশিয়ানিয়া”
  • Bengali: “ওশেনিয়া”
  • Betawi: “Oséani”
  • Bislama: “Osenia mo Ostrelia”
  • Bislama: “Osenia”
  • Bislama: “Ostrelia mo Osenia”
  • Bosnian: “Australija i Okeanija”
  • Bosnian: “Okeanija i Australija”
  • Bosnian: “Okeanija”
  • Breton: “Okeania”
  • Bulgarian: “Океания”
  • Burmese: “အိုရှန်းနီးယား”
  • Catalan: “Austràlia i Oceania”
  • Catalan: “Oceania i Austràlia”
  • Catalan: “Oceania”
  • Cebuano: “Oseyaniya”
  • Central Bikol: “Oseanya”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئۆقیانووسیا”
  • Chavacano: “Oceania”
  • Chechen: “Океани”
  • Chinese: “Tāi-iûⁿ-chiu”
  • Chinese: “大洋洲”
  • Chinese: “澳大利亚和大洋洲”
  • Chinese: “澳洲和大洋洲”
  • Church Slavic: “Аѵстралїꙗ и Ѡкєанїꙗ”
  • Church Slavic: “Ѡкєанїꙗ и Аѵстралїꙗ”
  • Chuvash: “Океани”
  • Cornish: “Oceania”
  • Corsican: “Oceania”
  • Corsican: “Uceania”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Avstraliya ve Okeaniya”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Okeaniya ve Avstraliya”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Okeaniya”
  • Croatian: “Oceanija”
  • Czech: “Austrálie a Oceánie”
  • Czech: “Oceánie a Austrálie”
  • Czech: “Oceánie”
  • Danish: “Oceanien”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Okyanusya und Australya”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Okyanusya”
  • Dotyali: “ओशिनिया”
  • Dutch: “Australië en Oceanië”
  • Dutch: “Oceanië en Australië”
  • Dutch: “Oceanië”
  • Eastern Mari: “Океаний”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اوشيانيا”
  • Esperanto: “Aŭstralio kaj Oceanio”
  • Esperanto: “Oceanio kaj Aŭstralio”
  • Esperanto: “Oceanio”
  • Estonian: “Austraalia ja Okeaania”
  • Estonian: “Okeaania ja Austraalia”
  • Extremaduran: “Oceania”
  • Extremaduran: “Oceanía”
  • Faroese: “Osiania”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Oceania”
  • Finnish: “Australia ja Oseania”
  • Finnish: “Oseania ja Australia”
  • Finnish: “Oseania”
  • French: “Australie et Océanie”
  • French: “Océanie et Australie”
  • French: “Océanie”
  • Friulian: “Oceanie”
  • Fulah: “Oseyaaniya”
  • Gagauz: “Okeaniya”
  • Galician: “Oceanía”
  • Gan Chinese: “大洋洲”
  • Georgian: “ოკეანეთი”
  • German: “Australien und Ozeanien”
  • German: “Ozeanien und Australien”
  • German: “Ozeanien”
  • Gilaki: “اۊقیانۊسيه”
  • Gothic: “𐍉𐌺𐌴𐌰𐌽𐌹𐌰”
  • Greek: “Αυστραλία και Ωκεανία”
  • Greek: “Ωκεανία και Αυστραλία”
  • Greek: “Ωκεανία”
  • Guarani: “Autarália ha Oseanía”
  • Guarani: “Oceanía”
  • Guarani: “Oseanía”
  • Guianese Creole French: “Loséyanni”
  • Haitian: “Oseyani”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Thai-yòng-chû”
  • Hausa: “Osheniya”
  • Hebrew: “אוסטרליה”
  • Hebrew: “אוקיאניה”
  • Hindi: “ओशिआनिया”
  • Hungarian: “Ausztrália és Óceánia”
  • Hungarian: “Óceánia és Ausztrália”
  • Hungarian: “Óceánia”
  • Iban: “Oceania”
  • Icelandic: “Eyjaálfa”
  • Ido: “Oceania”
  • Iloko: “Oceania”
  • Inari Sami: “Australia já Oseania”
  • Inari Sami: “Oseania já Australia”
  • Inari Sami: “Oseania”
  • Indonesian: “Oseania”
  • Ingush: “Астралии а Океании”
  • Ingush: “Астралии Океании”
  • Ingush: “Океании а Астралии”
  • Interlingua: “Oceania”
  • Interlingue: “Oceania”
  • Inuktitut: “ᐅᓯᐋᓂᐊ”
  • Irish: “an Aigéine”
  • Irish: “An Aigéine”
  • Italian: “Oceania”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Uoshania”
  • Japanese: “オセアニア”
  • Japanese: “オセアニア州”
  • Japanese: “大洋州”
  • Javanese: “Oséania”
  • Kabardian: “Океаниэ”
  • Kabiyè: “Oseyanii tɛtʋ wandamm”
  • Kabyle: “Tagarawt”
  • Kadazan Dusun: “Oceania”
  • Kalaallisut: “Oceania”
  • Kannada: “ಒಷ್ಯಾನಿಯ”
  • Kannada: “ಓಷಿಯಾನಿಯಾ”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Okeaniya”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Австралия эм Океания”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Океания эм Австралия”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Океания”
  • Kazakh: “Аустралия және Океания”
  • Khmer: “អូសេអានី”
  • Kinaray-A: “Oseaniya”
  • Kinaray-A: “Osiyaniya”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Oseyaniya”
  • Kirghiz: “Океания”
  • Komi-Permyak: “Океания”
  • Korean: “오세아니아”
  • Korean: “오세안주”
  • Kotava: “Oceania”
  • Kurdish: “Okyanûsya”
  • Ladin: “Ozeania”
  • Ladino: “Oseania”
  • Ladino: “אוסיאניה”
  • Lao: “ໂອເຊອານີ”
  • Latin: “Oceania et Australia”
  • Latin: “Oceania”
  • Latvian: “Austrālija un Okeānija”
  • Latvian: “Okeānija un Austrālija”
  • Lezghian: “Океания”
  • Ligurian: “Oçeania”
  • Ligurian: “Òceània”
  • Limburgan: “Oceanië”
  • Lingala: “Oseanía”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Oseania”
  • Literary Chinese: “大洋洲”
  • Lithuanian: “Okeanija”
  • Livvi: “Okeanii”
  • Lojban: “poltu’a”
  • Lombard: “Oceania”
  • Low German: “Australazië”
  • Low German: “Australien un Ozeanien”
  • Low German: “Oceanië”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Oceanija”
  • Luxembourgish: “Ozeanien”
  • Macedonian: “Океанија”
  • Maithili: “ओसिनिया”
  • Malagasy: “Ôseania”
  • Malay: “Oceania”
  • Malay: “Oseania”
  • Malayalam: “ഓഷ്യാനിയ”
  • Maltese: “Oċeanja”
  • Manx: “Yn Aarkeylann”
  • Manx: “Yn Faarkeylann”
  • Maori: “Ao-o-Kiwa”
  • Marathi: “ओशनिया”
  • Mazanderani: “اوقیانوسیه قاره”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Dâi-iòng-ciŭ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Tāi-iûⁿ-chiu”
  • Minangkabau: “Oseania”
  • Mingrelian: “ოკიანეთი”
  • Mirandese: “Ouceanie”
  • Mongolian: “Австрали ба далайн орнууд”
  • Mongolian: “Австрали ба Далайн орнууд”
  • Mongolian: “Далайн орнууд ба Австрали”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “أوقيانوسيا”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “ؤقيانوسيا”
  • N'Ko: “ߏߛߌߦߊߣߌ߫ ߣߌ߫ ߏߛߑߕߙߊߟߌ߫”
  • N'Ko: “ߏߛߑߕߙߊߟߌ߫ ߣߌ߫ ߏߛߌߦߊߣߌ߫”
  • Narom: “Ochéannie”
  • Nauru: “Otsianiya”
  • Neapolitan: “Oceania”
  • Nepali: “ओसिनिया”
  • Newari: “ओसियानिया”
  • Northern Frisian: “Oseåånien”
  • Northern Sami: “Austrália ja Oseania”
  • Northern Sami: “Oseania ja Australia”
  • Northern Sami: “Oseania”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Oseania”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Oseania”
  • Norwegian: “Oseania”
  • Novial: “Oseania”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Oceania”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Gārsecglond”
  • Ossetian: “Австрали æмæ Океани”
  • Ossetian: “Океани”
  • Pa'o Karen: “အိုဆျန်းနီးယား”
  • Panjabi: “ਓਸ਼ੇਨੀਆ”
  • Papiamento: “Oseania”
  • Pedi: “Oceania”
  • Persian: “اقیانوسیه”
  • Picard: “Ochéanie”
  • Piemontese: “Osseania”
  • Polish: “Australia i Oceania”
  • Polish: “Oceania i Australia”
  • Pontic: “Ωκεανίαν”
  • Portuguese: “Oceania”
  • Portuguese: “Oceânia”
  • Pushto: “اقيانوسيه”
  • Pushto: “اوقيانوسيه”
  • Quechua: “Mamaquchaku”
  • Quechua: “Usiyaña”
  • Romanian: “Australia și Oceania”
  • Romanian: “Australia și Oceaniaa”
  • Romanian: “Oceania și Australia”
  • Romanian: “Oceania”
  • Romansh: “Oceania”
  • Russia Buriat: “Океани”
  • Russian: “Австралия и Океания”
  • Russian: “Океания и Австралия”
  • Russian: “Океания”
  • Rusyn: “Океанія”
  • Samoan: “Oseania”
  • Samogitian: “Okeanėjė”
  • Sanskrit: “ओशीनिया”
  • Sardinian: “Otzeània”
  • Sardinian: “Otzèania”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Ozeanien”
  • Scots: “Oceanie”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Roinn a’ Chuain Shèimh”
  • Serbian: “Аустралија и Океанија”
  • Serbian: “Океанија и Аустралија”
  • Serbian: “Океанија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Okeanija”
  • Shan: “ဢူဝ်းသီးၼီးယႃး”
  • Shona: “Oceania”
  • Sicilian: “Oceania”
  • Silesian: “Australijŏ i Ôceanijŏ”
  • Silesian: “Ôceanijŏ i Australijŏ”
  • Sindhi: “اوشينيا”
  • Sinhala: “ඕෂනියාව”
  • Skolt Sami: “Australia da Oseania”
  • Skolt Sami: “Oseania da Australia”
  • Slovak: “Austrália a Oceánia”
  • Slovak: “Oceánia”
  • Slovenian: “Avstralija in Oceanija”
  • Slovenian: “Oceanija in Avstralija”
  • Slovenian: “Oceanija”
  • Somali: “Ooshiyaaniya”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اوقیانوسیه”
  • Southern Sotho: “Oceania”
  • Spanish: “Australia y Oceania”
  • Spanish: “Australia y Oceanía”
  • Spanish: “Oceania y Australia”
  • Spanish: “Oceanía y Australia”
  • Spanish: “Oceanía”
  • Sranan Tongo: “Oseyaniya”
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⵓⵇⵢⴰⵏⵓⵙⵢⴰ”
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⵜⵓⵚⵢⴰⵏⵉⵜ”
  • Sundanese: “Oséania”
  • Swahili: “Australia na Pasifiki”
  • Swahili: “Pasifiki na Australia”
  • Swedish: “Australien och Oceanien”
  • Swedish: “Oceanien”
  • Swiss German: “Australien und Ozeanien”
  • Swiss German: “Ozeanien und Australien”
  • Swiss German: “Ozeanien”
  • Tachelhit: “Uqyanusya”
  • Tagalog: “Oseaniya”
  • Tahitian: “Oteania”
  • Tajik: “Уқёнусия”
  • Talysh: “Avstraliyə de Okeaniyə”
  • Talysh: “Okeanijə”
  • Tamil: “ஓசியானியா”
  • Tatar: “Avstraliä häm Okeanlıq”
  • Tatar: “Avstraliä wä Okeanlıq”
  • Tatar: “Okeanlıq häm Avstraliä”
  • Tatar: “Okeanlıq wä Avstraliä”
  • Tatar: “Австралия вә Океанлык”
  • Tatar: “Австралия һәм Океанлык”
  • Tatar: “Океанлык вә Австралия”
  • Tatar: “Океанлык һәм Австралия”
  • Telugu: “ఓషియానియా”
  • Tetum: “Oseánia”
  • Thai: “โอเชียเนีย”
  • Tibetan: “རྒྱ་མཚོ་ཆེན་པོའི་གླིང་ཆེན།”
  • Tok Pisin: “Osenia”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Ozeanien”
  • Tsonga: “Oxiyeniya”
  • Tulu: “ಒಷ್ಯಾನಿಯ”
  • Turkish: “Avustralya ve Okyanusya”
  • Turkish: “Okyanusya ve Avustralya”
  • Turkish: “Okyanusya”
  • Turkmen: “Awstraliýa we Okeaniýa”
  • Turkmen: “Okeaniýa we Awstraliýa”
  • Tyap: “Osheniya”
  • Udmurt: “Океания”
  • Uighur: “ئوكيانىيە”
  • Ukrainian: “Австралія і Океанія”
  • Ukrainian: “Австралія й Океанія”
  • Ukrainian: “Океанія i Австралія”
  • Ukrainian: “Океанія”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Oceanija”
  • Urdu: “آسٹریلیا اور اوقیانوسیہ”
  • Urdu: “اوقیانوسیہ”
  • Uzbek: “Okeaniya”
  • Venetian: “Oseània”
  • Veps: “Valdmerimad”
  • Vietnamese: “Châu Đại Dương”
  • Vlaams: “Oceanië”
  • Volapük: “Seanop”
  • Võro: “Austraalia ja Okõaania”
  • Võro: “Okõaania ja Austraalia”
  • Walloon: “Oceyaneye”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Oceania”
  • Welsh: “Oceania”
  • Western Armenian: “Ովկիանիա”
  • Western Frisian: “Oseaanje”
  • Western Mari: “Океани”
  • Western Panjabi: “اوشیانا”
  • Wolof: “Oseyaani”
  • Wu Chinese: “大洋洲”
  • Xhosa: “Oceania”
  • Yakut: “Океания”
  • Yiddish: “אקעאניע”
  • Yoruba: “Oṣéáníà”
  • Yue Chinese: “大洋洲”
  • Zeeuws: “Oceanië”
  • Zhuang: “Dayangzcouh”
  • Zulu: “I-Osheaniya”
  • “Austraalia ja Okõaania”
  • “Oceania”
  • “Oceanie”
  • “Okeanėjė”
  • “Uceàgna”
  • “ओशेनिया”

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