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Which land masses make up the area known as Oceania?
What is Oceania? Where is Oceania?
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Hello @jimnaa! The term Oceania is primarily used to describe a continental region that lies between Asia and the Americas. The land mass known as Oceania is Australia. The name "Oceania" is used instead of Australia because unlike the other continental groups, it is the ocean rather than the continent that links the nations together.Oceania is the second smallest continental grouping in land area.
Oceania has been traditionally divided into Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia. However, this subdivision is no longer recognize as correct by most geographers and scientists. They prefer to divide Oceania into Near Oceania and Remote Oceania but it is the most popular one.
Australia has a landmass of 7,686,850 km² which is on the Indo-Australian Plate and surrounded by the Indian, Southern and Pacific oceans which is separated from Asia by Arafura and Timor seas.
Oceania has been traditionally divided into Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia. However, this subdivision is no longer recognize as correct by most geographers and scientists. They prefer to divide Oceania into Near Oceania and Remote Oceania but it is the most popular one.
Australia has a landmass of 7,686,850 km² which is on the Indo-Australian Plate and surrounded by the Indian, Southern and Pacific oceans which is separated from Asia by Arafura and Timor seas.
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