Atlas of Oceania

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Atlas of Oceania
Oceania
English Oceania
Oceania is a geographical, often geopolitical, region consisting of numerous lands—mostly islands and usually including Australia—in the Pacific Ocean and vicinity. The exact scope of Oceania is defined variously, with interpretations normally including Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, and various islands of the Malay Archipelago. The term is also used by many authors and in many languages to define one of the continents.


Français L’Océanie est en géopolitique une région regroupant des territoires situés dans l'océan Pacifique. Incluant l'Australie, la Nouvelle-Zélande, la Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée, la Tasmanie et bien d'autres îles et archipels, l'Océanie est le plus petit des continents.
Population 35,834,670 inhabitants
Area 9,008,458 km²
Major language(s) English, French, Maori, Tok Pisin
Major religion(s) Protestantism, Roman Catholicism
More information Oceania, Geography of Oceania, History of Oceania and Politics of Oceania
More images Oceania - Oceania (Category).

General maps

Map of Oceania
Geographical divisions of Oceania
Countries of Oceania
Map of Australasia
Map of Melanesia
Map of Micronesia
Map of Polynesia

History maps

This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Oceania, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Oceania.

Colonies in East Asia and Oceania, 1914
Second World War, 1937-1942
Second World War, 1942-1945
Second World War
Second World War

Old maps

This section holds copies of original general maps more than 70 years old.

Map of Oceania, 1884
Map of Australasia, 1899

International organizations

Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
Pacific Islands Forum

Satellite maps

Satellite image

Notes and references

General remarks:

  • The WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Atlas of the World is an organized and commented collection of geographical, political and historical maps available at Wikimedia Commons. The main page is therefore the portal to maps and cartography on Wikimedia. That page contains links to entries by country, continent and by topic as well as general notes and references.
  • Every entry has an introduction section in English. If other languages are native and/or official in an entity, introductions in other languages are added in separate sections. The text of the introduction(s) is based on the content of the Wikipedia encyclopedia. For sources of the introduction see therefore the Wikipedia entries linked to. The same goes for the texts in the history sections.
  • Historical maps are included in the continent, country and dependency entries.
  • The status of various entities is disputed. See the content for the entities concerned.
  • The maps of former countries that are more or less continued by a present-day country or had a territory included in only one or two countries are included in the atlas of the present-day country. For example the Ottoman Empire can be found in the Atlas of Turkey.

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