Oceania

Glistening white beaches, coconut palms swaying in the breeze, beautiful coral reefs, rugged volcanic islands rising out of the blue Pacific Ocean. Welcome to Oceania. See it before global warming and rising sea levels submerge the atolls.

The term Oceania derives from the fact that the oceans connect the nations of this area, rather than land masses like the other continents.

Sections

• Melanesia
• Micronesia
• Polynesia
• Australasia

Countries

There is no universal acceptance of the extent of Oceania, with interpretations including or excluding some or all of East Timor, Australia and New Zealand.

• Australia
• Cook Islands
• Federated States of Micronesia
• Fiji
• Kiribati
• Marshall Islands
• Nauru
• New Zealand - temperate rather than tropical
• Niue
• Palau
• Papua New Guinea
• Samoa
• Solomon Islands
• Tonga
• Tuvalu
• Vanuatu

Other destinations

• American Samoa
• Easter Island
• French Polynesia
• Guam
• Hawaii
• Lord Howe Island
• New Caledonia
• Norfolk Island
• Northern Mariana Islands
• Pitcairn Islands
• Tokelau
• Wallis and Futuna
• West Papua - A province of Indonesia.
• Yap - an island in Micronesia