Oceania is a name used for varying groups of islands of the Pacific Ocean.
1.) In its narrow usage it refers to:
Polynesia (including New Zealand and the Hawaiian Islands),
Melanesia (including New Guinea and the Solomon Islands),
Micronesia (including
2.) In a wider usage it includes: Australia.
3.) It may also include: the Malay archipelago.
4.) In uncommon usage includes islands such as: Japan and the Aleutian Islands.
Continent: Although the islands of Oceania do not form part of a true continent, Oceania is sometimes associated with the continent of Australia for the purposes of dividing the whole world into continental groupings. As such, it is the smallest "continent" in area and the second smallest, after Antarctica, in population.
Australia· Chile (Easter Island·Juan Fernández Islands) ·East Timor (Timor-Leste)·Fiji·Indonesia·Kiribati·Marshall Islands·Federated States of Micronesia·Nauru·New Zealand·Palau·Papua New Guinea·Samoa·Solomon Islands·Tonga·Tuvalu· United States (Hawaii·Palmyra Atoll) ·Vanuatu
Dependencies and other territories
Australia
Ashmore and Cartier Islands·Christmas Island·Cocos (Keeling) Islands·Coral Sea Islands Territory·Norfolk Island
France
Clipperton Island·French Polynesia·New Caledonia·Wallis and Futuna
New Zealand
Cook Islands·Niue·Tokelau
United Kingdom
Pitcairn Islands
United States
American Samoa·Baker Island·Guam·Howland Island·Jarvis Island·Johnston Atoll·Kingman Reef·Midway Atoll·Northern Mariana Islands·Wake Island
Capitals of non-sovereign territories shown in SmallCaps
Australasia
Melanesia
Micronesia
Polynesia
Canberra, Australia Flying Fish Cove, Christmas Island4 Kingston, Norfolk Island4 Wellington, New Zealand1 West Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands4
Dili, East Timor2 Honiara, Solomon Islands Nouméa, New Caledonia6 Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea Port Vila, Vanuatu Suva, Fiji
Hagåtña, Guam7 Majuro, Marshall Islands Ngerulmud, Palau Palikir, FS Micronesia Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands7 South Tarawa, Kiribati Yaren, Nauru (de facto)
Adamstown, Pitcairn Islands10 Alofi, Niue Apia, Samoa Avarua, Cook Islands5 Funafuti, Tuvalu Hanga Roa, Easter Island9 Honolulu, Hawaii8 Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna6 Nukuʻalofa, Tonga Pago Pago, American Samoa7 Papeete, French Polynesia6
1 Often included in Polynesia.2 Often included in Southeast Asia.3 Often included in Australasia.4Territory of Australia.5 In free association with New Zealand.6Overseas collectivity of France.7Insular area of the United States.8U.S. state.9 Territory of Chile.10Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom.