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Oceania
Oceania
Oceania
• Oceania (sometimes Oceanica) is a
geographical, and often geopolitical, region
consisting of numerous lands—mostly
islands in the Pacific Ocean and vicinity
• the term "Oceania" was coined in 1831 by
French explorer Dumont d'Urville.
Information
• Area: 7.7 million km
• Population: 18 088 000
• Population density: 2ob/Km
The highest point is Mt.Kosciusko (2.230
m).
Oceania =3 groups
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Melanesia = black
island
Micronesia = small
islands
Polynesia =
multiple islands
Type of islands
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volcanic islands
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coral attols
Climate
Low islands are at the mercy of the
winds, which can bring enough rain to
create lush forests on some islands while
leaving others dry wastelands.
Countries and Populations
Country
Australia
Papua New Guinea
New Zealand
Fiji
Solomon Islands
French Polynesia (France)
New Caledonia (France)
Vanuatu
Samoa
Guam (United States)
Federated States of Micronesia
Tonga
Kiribati
Northern Mariana Islands (United States)
Population
Country
Population
21,129,222 Tonga
6,331,000 Kiribati
Northern Mariana
4,271,600Islands (United States)
American Samoa
839(United States)
496 Marshall Islands
100
95
259,596 Palau
240,39 Cook Islands (New
Zealand)
Wallis and Futuna
226(France)
187 Tuvalu
173 Nauru
Norfolk Island
111(Australia)
20
100 Niue (New Zealand)
95 Tokelau (New Zealand)
Pitcairn Islands
84(United Kingdom)
84
67
59
19
15
11
10
2,114
1,6
1,4
50
Population-curiosities
• The original inhabitants of
Oceania are of different
skin color
• Melannesian = dark brown
• Mikronesanians and
Polynesians = light brown
colour
• New Zealand the original
inhabitans = Maori
• Immigrants in Oceania =
the Indians and Chinese
Economy
• New Zealand = modern
agriculture - raising of
sheep, cattle and fruit
(kiwi)
• great prospects for the
growing tourism
Animals
Tasmanian devil
New zeland - Sheep
Fidži – Parrot
Whiskered
Blackbad
Indonesia Orangutang Sumatran
New Guinea Echidna
Vanuatu - Bat
Kiwi
Kiwi live on New Zeland.
Trees
Pineapple tree
Kiwi
Banana tree
Kahikatea Tree
Cooffe - tree
Lemon tree
Melanesia
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dense vegetation
largest island is Papua New Guinea
– numerous fights between different tribes, the incidence
of cannibalism (disease Kuru=Crautzfeld - Jacob disease due to consumption of raw brain of enemies killed )
– crops: coconuts, bananas
Solomon Islands
• coconut palms
New Caledonia
French independent territory
• large mineral resources (nickel)
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Mikronesia
• most islands are raised
corals
• The Republic of
Kiribati, Palau, Nauru states threatened by
rising sea levels
Polynesia
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Western Samoa,
Cook Islands, French
Polynesia (Tahiti) ,
Easter Island, Hawaii
• Mururoa Atoll - in
the past the French
nuclear weapons
testing
The End
RUTH and DIANA
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