Map of Oceania.Oceania, too, is a region. It includes the island/country/continent of Australia, plus New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. and many small island countries and territories that stretch thousands of miles across the southern area of the Pacific Ocean. Australia is the world's smallest continent, with a land area of slightly less than 3 million square miles. 1. Which country has a string of volcanic islands extending from 3[degrees] to 5[degrees]N and from 146[degrees] to 164[degrees]E? __________ 2. Name the three countries whose capitals are located from 9[degrees] to 10[degrees]S: __________ 3. Which countries own or govern the following islands? (A) Tahiti and New Caledonia New Caledonia, Fr. Nouvelle Calédonie, internally self-governing territory of France (2005 est. pop. 216,000), land area 7,241 sq mi (18,760 sq km), South Pacific, c.700 mi (1,130 km) E of Australia. : __________ (B) Cook Islands: __________ (C) Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands (märēä`nä), commonwealth associated with the United States (2005 est. pop. 80,400), c.185 sq mi (479 sq km), comprising 16 islands (6 inhabited) of the Marianas chain (all except Guam), in the W Pacific : __________ 4. Calculate the distance (to the nearest 100 miles) from Canberra to Brisbane, Australia: __________ 5. What body of water is north and west of New Zealand? __________ RELATED ARTICLE: Answers RELATED ARTICLE: Map of Oceania 1. Micronesia 2. Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (păp`  ə, –y , Solomon Islands Solomon Islands, independent Commonwealth nation (2005 est. pop. 538,000), c.15,500 sq mi (40,150 sq km), SW Pacific, E of New Guinea. The islands that constitute the nation of the Solomon Islands—Guadalcanal, Malaita, New Georgia, the Santa Cruz Islands, , Tuvalu 3. (A) France (B) New Zealand (C) U.S. 4. 500 miles 5. Tasman Sea |
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