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 Polynesia.

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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 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.

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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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Explore places such as Micronesia and Melanesia.

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

Oceania

  • Type: region with 46,600,000 residents
  • Description: geographic region comprising Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia
  • Also known as: “Aostralia hag Okeania”, “Australazië”, “Australia and Oceania”, “Australia da Oseania”, “Austràlia i Oceania”, “Australia ja Oseania”, “Australia já Oseania”, “Austrália ja Oseania”, “Australia și Oceaniaa”, “Australia y Oceania”, “Australia y Oceanía”, “Australië en Oceanië”, “Australië en Oseanië”, “Australie et Océanie”, “Australien och Oceanien”, “Australien og Oceanien”, “Australija i Okeanija”, “Aŭstralio kaj Oceanio”, “Autarália ha Oseanía”, “Avstraliä häm Okeanlıq”, “Avstraliä wä Okeanlıq”, “Avstralii da Okeanii”, “Avstralii da Valdmerimad”, “Avstralii i Okeanii”, “Avstralii i Valdmerimad”, “Avstralija in Oceanija”, “Avstraliya və Okeaniya”, “Avstralye u Okyanusya”, “Avustralya ve Okyanusya”, “Awstralija a Oceanija”, “Mamaquchaku”, “Moana Oceania”, “Óceánia”, “Òceània”, “Oceania and Australia”, “Óceánia és Ausztrália”, “Oceania et Australia”, “Oceania i Austràlia”, “Oceania y Australia”, “Oceanía y Australia”, “Oceánie a Austrálie”, “Oceanië en Australië”, “Océanie et Australie”, “Oceanien og Australien”, “Oceanio kaj Aŭstralio”, “Okeania hag Aostralia”, “Okeanija i Australija”, “Okeānija un Austrālija”, “Okeaniya ve Avstraliya”, “Okeaniya və Avstraliya”, “Okeanlıq wä Avstraliä”, “Okyanusya ve Avustralya”, “Oseanië en Australië”, “Osenia mo Ostrelia”, “Osiyaniya”, “Otzèania”, “Αυστραλία και Ωκεανία”, “Ωκεανία και Αυστραλία”, “Австрали æмæ Океани”, “Австрали а, Океани а”, “Австрали ба Далайн орнууд”, “Австралия вә Океанлык”, “Австралия эм Океания”, “Австралія і Океанія”, “Акіянія і Аўстралія”, “Астралии а Океании”, “Аустралија и Океанија”, “Океания и Австралия”, “Океания һәм Австралия”, “Океания эм Австралия”, “Океанія i Австралія”, “Океанія й Австралія”, “Океанлык вә Австралия”, “אוסטרליה”, “أستراليا وأوقيانوسيا”, “أوقيانوسيا وأستراليا”, “ئوسترالیا و ئۆقیانووسیا”, “الأقيانوس”, “اوستراليا واوشيانيا”, “اوشيانيا واوستراليا”, “ߏߛߌߦߊߣߌ߫ ߣߌ߫ ߏߛߑߕߙߊߟߌ߫”, “オセアニア州”, “大洋州”, “澳大利亚和大洋洲”, “澳大利亞和大洋洲”, and “澳洲和大洋洲”
  • Categories: part of the world and continent
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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”
  • Amharic: “ኦሽያኒያ”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ὠκεανία”
  • Angika: “ओशिनिया”
  • Angika: “ओशीनिया”
  • Arabic: “أوقيانوسيا”
  • Aragonese: “Oceanía”
  • Armenian: “Օվկիանիա”
  • Arpitan: “Ocèania”
  • Assamese: “ওচেনিয়া”
  • Asturian: “Oceanía”
  • Atayal: “Tayangco”
  • Awadhi: “ओशिआनिया”
  • Aymara: “Oseaniya”
  • Azerbaijani: “Okeaniya”
  • Balinese: “Oséania”
  • Bambara: “Oseania”
  • Bambara: “Oseyani”
  • Banjar: “Oseania”
  • Banjar: “Usiania”
  • Bashkir: “Австралия һәм Океания”
  • Bashkir: “Океания”
  • Basque: “Ozeania”
  • Batak Mandailing: “Oseania”
  • Batak Toba: “Oseania”
  • Bavarian: “Australien und Ozeanien”
  • Bavarian: “Ozeanien”
  • Belarusian: “Акіянія”
  • Belarusian: “Аўстралія і Акіянія”
  • Bengali: “ওশিয়ানিয়া”
  • Bengali: “ওশেনিয়া”
  • Betawi: “Oséani”
  • Bhojpuri: “ओशिनिया”
  • Bishnupriya: “ওশেনিয়া”
  • Bislama: “Osenia”
  • Bislama: “Ostrelia mo Osenia”
  • Bosnian: “Okeanija”
  • Breton: “Okeania”
  • Bulgarian: “Океания”
  • Burmese: “အိုရှန်းနီးယား”
  • Catalan: “Oceania”
  • Cebuano: “Oseyaniya”
  • Central Bikol: “Oseanya”
  • Central Kanuri: “Oceania”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئۆقیانووسیا”
  • Chavacano: “Oceania”
  • Chechen: “Океани”
  • Chinese: “大洋洲”
  • Church Slavic: “Аѵстралїꙗ и Ѡкєанїꙗ”
  • Church Slavic: “Ѡкєанїꙗ и Аѵстралїꙗ”
  • Chuvash: “Австрали тата Океани”
  • Chuvash: “Океани”
  • Cornish: “Oceania”
  • Corsican: “Oceania”
  • Corsican: “Uceania”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Avstraliya ve Okeaniya”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Okeaniya”
  • Croatian: “Oceanija”
  • Czech: “Austrálie a Oceánie”
  • Czech: “Oceánie”
  • Danish: “Oceanien”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Okyanusya”
  • Dinka: “Othyania”
  • Dotyali: “ओशिनिया”
  • Dutch: “Oceanië”
  • Eastern Mari: “Океаний”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اوشيانيا”
  • Emilian: “Uceàgna”
  • Esperanto: “Oceanio”
  • Estonian: “Austraalia ja Okeaania”
  • Estonian: “Okeaania ja Austraalia”
  • Ewe: “Oceania”
  • Extremaduran: “Oceania”
  • Extremaduran: “Oceanía”
  • Faroese: “Osiania”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Oceania”
  • Finnish: “Oseania”
  • 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: “𐍉𐌺𐌴𐌰𐌽𐌾𐌰”
  • Greek: “Ωκεανία”
  • Guarani: “Oseanía”
  • Guianese Creole French: “Loséyanni”
  • Haitian: “Oseyani”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Thai-yòng-chû”
  • Hausa: “Osheniya”
  • Hebrew: “אוקיאניה”
  • Hindi: “ओशिआनिया”
  • Hungarian: “Ausztrália és Óceánia”
  • Iban: “Oceania”
  • Icelandic: “Eyjaálfa”
  • Ido: “Oceania”
  • Igbo: “Oshịnia”
  • Iloko: “Oceania”
  • Inari Sami: “Oseania já Australia”
  • Inari Sami: “Oseania”
  • Indonesian: “Oseania”
  • 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”
  • Javanese: “Oséania”
  • Jèrriais: “Ochéannie”
  • Jju: “Osheniya”
  • Kabardian: “Океаниэ”
  • Kabiyè: “Oseyanii tɛtʋ wandamm”
  • Kabyle: “Tagarawt”
  • Kadazan Dusun: “Oceania”
  • Kalaallisut: “Oceania”
  • Kannada: “ಒಷ್ಯಾನಿಯ”
  • Kannada: “ಓಷಿಯಾನಿಯಾ”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Okeaniya”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Океания”
  • Kazakh: “Аустралия және Океания”
  • Khmer: “អូសេអានី”
  • Kinaray-A: “Oseaniya”
  • 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”
  • Latvian: “Austrālija un Okeānija”
  • Lezghian: “Океания”
  • Ligurian: “Oçeania”
  • Limburgan: “Oceanië”
  • Lingala: “Oseanía”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Oseania”
  • Literary Chinese: “大洋洲”
  • Lithuanian: “Okeanija”
  • Livvi: “Okeanii”
  • Lojban: “poltu’a”
  • Lombard: “Oceania”
  • Low German: “Australien un Ozeanien”
  • Low German: “Oceanië”
  • Low German: “Ozeanien”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Oceanija”
  • Luxembourgish: “Ozeanien”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Oceania”
  • Macedonian: “Океанија”
  • Magahi: “ओसनिया”
  • 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: “Далайн орнууд ба Австрали”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “أوقيانوسيا”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “ؤقيانوسيا”
  • N'Ko: “ߏߛߑߕߙߊߟߌ߫ ߣߌ߫ ߏߛߌߦߊߣߌ߫”
  • Nauru: “Otsianiya”
  • Neapolitan: “Oceania”
  • Neapolitan: “Oceanie”
  • Nepali: “ओसिनिया”
  • Newari: “ओसियानिया”
  • Northern Frisian: “Oseaanien”
  • Northern Sami: “Oseania ja Australia”
  • Northern Sami: “Oseania”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Oseania”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Oseania”
  • Norwegian: “Oseania”
  • Novial: “Oseania”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Oceania”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܐܘܩܝܢܘܣܝܐ”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Gārsecglond”
  • 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: “Usiyaña”
  • Romanian: “Australia și Oceania”
  • Romanian: “Oceania și Australia”
  • Romanian: “Oceania”
  • Romansh: “Oceania”
  • Russia Buriat: “Океани”
  • Russian: “Австралия и Океания”
  • Russian: “Океания”
  • Rusyn: “Океанія”
  • Samoan: “Oseania”
  • Samogitian: “Okeanėjė”
  • Sanskrit: “ओशीनिया”
  • Sardinian: “Otzeània”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Ozeanien”
  • Scots: “Oceanie”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Roinn a’ Chuain Shèimh”
  • 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: “Oseania da Australia”
  • Slovak: “Austrália a Oceánia”
  • Slovak: “Oceánia”
  • Slovenian: “Oceanija in Avstralija”
  • Slovenian: “Oceanija”
  • Somali: “Ooshiyaaniya”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اوقیانوسیه”
  • Southern Sotho: “Oceania”
  • Spanish: “Oceanía”
  • Sranan Tongo: “Oseyaniya”
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⵓⵇⵢⴰⵏⵓⵙⵢⴰ”
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⵜⵓⵚⵢⴰⵏⵉⵜ”
  • Sundanese: “Oséania”
  • Swahili: “Australia na Pasifiki”
  • Swahili: “Pasifiki na Australia”
  • Swedish: “Oceanien”
  • 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: “Okeanlıq häm Avstraliä”
  • Tatar: “Австралия һәм Океанлык”
  • Tatar: “Океанлык һәм Австралия”
  • Telugu: “ఓషియానియా”
  • Tetum: “Oseánia”
  • Thai: “โอเชียเนีย”
  • Tibetan: “རྒྱ་མཚོ་ཆེན་པོའི་གླིང་ཆེན།”
  • Tok Pisin: “Osenia”
  • Tsonga: “Oxiyeniya”
  • Tulu: “ಒಷ್ಯಾನಿಯ”
  • Turkish: “Okyanusya”
  • Turkmen: “Awstraliýa we Okeaniýa”
  • Turkmen: “Okeaniýa we Awstraliýa”
  • Tyap: “Osheniya”
  • Udmurt: “Океания”
  • Uighur: “ئوكيانىيە”
  • Ukrainian: “Австралія й Океанія”
  • Ukrainian: “Океанія”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Oceanija”
  • Urdu: “آسٹریلیا اور اوقیانوسیہ”
  • Urdu: “اوقیانوسیہ”
  • Uzbek: “Okeaniya”
  • Venetian: “Oseània”
  • Veps: “Valdmerimad”
  • Vietnamese: “châu Đại Dương”
  • 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”
  • “ma Osejanija”
  • “ma Osijanija”
  • “Oseaniah”
  • “Океанија”
  • “ओशेनिया”

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