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  2. Oceania - Wikipedia

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    The term Oceania is used because, unlike the other continental groupings, it is the ocean that links the parts of the region together. [31] John Eperjesi's 2005 book The Imperialist Imaginary says that it has "been used by Western cartographers since the mid-19th century to give order to the complexities of the Pacific area." [32]

  3. List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Oceania

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    Exclusive economic zones of Oceania and neighboring areas. This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories in the geographical region of Oceania.Although it is mostly ocean and spans many tectonic plates, Oceania is occasionally listed as one of the continents.

  4. Portal:Oceania - Wikipedia

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    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 46.3 million as of 2024. Oceania is the smallest continent in land area and the second-least populated after Antarctica.

  5. List of Oceanian countries by area - Wikipedia

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    Below is a list of countries and dependencies in Oceania by area. [1] Australia is the largest country in Oceania while Nauru is the smallest. Country / dependency %

  6. History of Oceania - Wikipedia

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    Oceania was first explored by Europeans from the 16th century onwards. Portuguese navigators, between 1512 and 1526, reached the Moluccas (by António de Abreu and Francisco Serrão in 1512), Timor , the Aru Islands (Martim A. Melo Coutinho), the Tanimbar Islands , some of the Caroline Islands (by Gomes de Sequeira in 1525), and west Papua New ...

  7. List of Oceanian countries by population - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Oceanian countries and dependencies by population in Oceania, which includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. Projections are from the United Nations [1] and official figures are from the Pacific Community [2] and other official sources.

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