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.Tap on the map to travel |
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Oceania
- Type: region with 42,700,000 residents
- Description: geographical region in the Pacific Ocean considered a continent in some parts of the world
- Categories: part of the world and continent
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Latitude of centre
-20° or 20° southLongitude of centre
137° eastPopulation
42,700,000Wikidata ID
Q55643Oceania Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Tagarawt
- Achinese: Oseania
- Afrikaans: Oseanië
- Albanian: Oqeania
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): Ὠκεανία
- Angika: ओशिनिया
- Angika: ओशीनिया
- Arabic: أوقيانوسيا
- Arabic: الأقيانوس
- Aragonese: Oceanía
- Armenian: Օվկիանիա
- Asturian: Oceanía
- Atayal: Tayangco
- Azerbaijani: Okeaniya və Avstraliya
- Bashkir: Австралия һәм Океания
- Bashkir: Океания һәм Австралия
- Basque: Ozeania
- Bavarian: Australien und Ozeanien
- Bavarian: Ozeanien und Australien
- Belarusian: Акіянія і Аўстралія
- Belarusian: Аўстралія і Акіянія
- Bengali: ওশেনিয়া
- Bislama: Osenia
- Bislama: Osenia mo Ostrelia
- Bislama: Ostrelia mo Osenia
- Bosnian: Australija i Okeanija
- Bosnian: Okeanija
- Bosnian: Okeanija i Australija
- Breton: Okeania
- Bulgarian: Океания
- Burmese: အိုရှန်းနီးယား
- Catalan: Austràlia i Oceania
- Catalan: Oceania
- Catalan: Oceania i Austràlia
- 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
- Cornish: Oceania
- Corsican: Oceania
- Corsican: Uceania
- Crimean Tatar: Avstraliya ve Okeaniya
- Crimean Tatar: Okeaniya ve Avstraliya
- Croatian: Oceanija
- Czech: Austrálie a Oceánie
- Czech: Oceánie a Austrálie
- Danish: Oseania
- Dimli (individual language): Okyanusya und Australya
- Dutch: Australië en Oceanië
- Dutch: Oceanië
- Dutch: Oceanië en Australië
- Egyptian Arabic: اوشيانيا
- English: Australia and Oceania
- English: Oceania and Australia
- Esperanto: Aŭstralio kaj Oceanio
- Esperanto: Oceanio
- Esperanto: Oceanio kaj Aŭstralio
- Estonian: Austraalia ja Okeaania
- Estonian: Okeaania ja Austraalia
- Extremaduran: Oceania
- Faroese: Osiania
- Finnish: Australia ja Oseania
- Finnish: Oseania ja Australia
- French: Australie et Océanie
- French: Océanie
- French: Océanie et Australie
- Galician: Oceanía
- Gan Chinese: 大洋洲
- German: Australien und Ozeanien
- German: Ozeanien und Australien
- Greek: Αυστραλία και Ωκεανία
- Greek: Ωκεανία
- Greek: Ωκεανία και Αυστραλία
- Hakka Chinese: Thai-yòng-chû
- Hausa: Thai-yòng-chû
- Hebrew: אוקיאניה
- Hindi: ओशिआनिया
- Hungarian: Ausztrália és Óceánia
- Hungarian: Óceánia és Ausztrália
- Icelandic: Eyjaálfa
- Inari Sami: Australia já Oseania
- Inari Sami: Oseania já Australia
- Indonesian: Oseania
- Ingush: Астралии а Океании
- Ingush: Океании а Астралии
- Interlingua: Oceania
- Irish: An Aigéine
- Italian: Oceania
- Japanese: オセアニア
- Japanese: 大洋州
- Kabyle: Tagarawt
- Kalaallisut: Oceania
- Kinaray-A: Oseaniya
- Kinaray-A: Osiyaniya
- Kinyarwanda: Oseyaniya
- Korean: 오세아니아
- Korean: 오세안주
- Ladin: Ozeania
- Ladino: אוסיאניה
- Latin: Oceania
- Latin: Oceania et Australia
- Latvian: Austrālija un Okeānija
- Latvian: Okeānija un Austrālija
- Ligurian: Oçeania
- Ligurian: Òceània
- Limburgan: Oceanië
- Lingua Franca Nova: Oseania
- Literary Chinese: 大洋洲
- Lithuanian: Okeanija
- Livvi: Okeanii
- Low German: Australazië
- Low German: Oceanië
- Macedonian: Океанија
- Malay: Oceania
- Malayalam: ഓഷ്യാനിയ
- Manx: Yn Faarkeylann
- Marathi: ओशनिया
- Min Dong Chinese: Dâi-iòng-ciŭ
- Min Nan Chinese: Tāi-iûⁿ-chiu
- 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
- Nauru: Otsianiya
- Northern Sami: Austrália ja Oseania
- Northern Sami: Oseania
- Northern Sami: Oseania ja Australia
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Oseania
- Occitan (post 1500): Oceania
- Pa'o Karen: အိုဆျန်းနီးယား
- Papiamento: Oseania
- Pedi: Oceania
- Persian: استرالیا و اقیانوسیه
- Persian: اقیانوسیه
- Polish: Australia i Oceania
- Polish: Oceania i Australia
- Portuguese: Oceania
- Pushto: اقيانوسيه
- Pushto: اوقيانوسيه
- Quechua: Mamaquchaku
- Quechua: Usiyaña
- Romanian: Australia și Oceania
- Romanian: Australia și Oceaniaa
- Romanian: Oceania și Australia
- Russian: Австралия и Океания
- Russian: Океания
- Russian: Океания и Австралия
- Samogitian: Okeanėjė
- Serbian: Аустралија и Океанија
- Serbian: Океанија
- Serbian: Океанија и Аустралија
- Serbo-Croatian: Uqyanusya
- Silesian: Australijŏ i Ôceanijŏ
- Silesian: Ôceanijŏ i Australijŏ
- Sinhala: ඕෂනියාව
- Skolt Sami: Australia da Oseania
- Skolt Sami: Oseania da Australia
- Slovak: Austrália a Oceánia
- Slovak: Oceánia
- Slovenian: Oceanija
- Southern Sotho: Oceania
- Spanish: Australia y Oceania
- Spanish: Australia y Oceanía
- Spanish: Oceania y Australia
- Spanish: Oceanía
- Spanish: Oceanía y Australia
- Sranan Tongo: Oseyaniya
- Swahili: Australia na Pasifiki
- Swahili: Pasifiki na Australia
- Swedish: Australien och Oceanien
- Swedish: Oceanien
- Swedish: Oceanien och Australien
- Swiss German: Australien und Ozeanien
- Swiss German: Ozeanien und Australien
- Tachelhit: Uqyanusya
- Tagalog: Oseaniya
- Tajik: Уқёнусия
- Talysh: Avstraliyə de Okeaniyə
- 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
- Thai: โอเชียเนีย
- Tosk Albanian: Australien und Ozeanien
- Turkish: Okyanusya
- Turkmen: Awstraliýa we Okeaniýa
- Turkmen: Okeaniýa we Awstraliýa
- Tyap: Osheniya
- Ukrainian: Австралія і Океанія
- Ukrainian: Океанія i Австралія
- Urdu: آسٹریلیا اور اوقیانوسیہ
- Urdu: اوقیانوسیہ
- Venetian: Oseània
- Vietnamese: Châu Đại Dương
- Võro: Austraalia ja Okõaania
- Võro: Okõaania ja Austraalia
- Welsh: Oceania
- Western Mari: Океани
- Wu Chinese: 大洋洲
- Yiddish: אקעאניע
- Yue Chinese: 大洋洲
- Zeeuws: Oceanië
- Австралія й Океанія
- Астралии Океании
- Океанія
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Oceania. Photo: Fir0002, GFDL.