Is australia called Oceania ? why ?

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Answer 1

not just australia; oceania refers to an entire region of the south pacific

Answer 2

My mistake.  Sorry.  Yes, Australia is the largest island in Oceania.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceania

As for why?  I suppose it's just because the area includes a lot of ocean, but that's a guess.

Answer 3

australia is in a region of the world called oceania it itself is not oceania see the following for further information.Oceania

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For other uses, see Oceania (disambiguation).

"South West Pacific" redirects here. For the World War II theatre, see South West Pacific theatre of World War II.

Oceania

World map exhibiting a common interpretation of Oceania; other interpretations may vary.

Area 9,008,458 km² (3,478,185.1 sq mi)

Population 32,000,000 (6th)

Countries

14[show]

Australia

Fiji

Kiribati

Marshall Islands

Micronesia

Nauru

New Zealand

Palau

Papua New Guinea

Samoa

Solomon Islands

Tonga

Tuvalu

Vanuatu

Dependencies

15[show]

American Samoa

Ashmore and Cartier Islands

Cook Islands

Coral Sea Islands

Easter Islands

French Polynesia

Guam

Hawaii

New Caledonia

Niue

Norfolk Island

Northern Mariana Islands

Pitcairn Islands

Tokelau

Wallis and Futuna

Languages

25 Official[show]

Official languages:

Bislama

Carolinian

Chamorro

Cook Islands Maori

English

Fijian

French

Futunan

Gilbertese

Hindi

Hiri Motu

Indonesian

Māori

Marshallese

Nauruan

Niuean

Palauan

Pitkern

Samoan

Tahitian

Tokelauan

Tongan

Tok Pisin

Tuvaluan

Wallisian

also many unofficial ones

Time Zones UTC+10 (Micronesia) to UTC-9 (French Polynesia) (West to East)

Look up Oceania in

Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Oceania (sometimes Oceanica[1]) is a geographical, often geopolitical, region consisting of numerous lands—mostly islands in the Pacific Ocean and vicinity. The term is often used in many languages to define one of the continents[2][3][4] and is one of eight terrestrial ecozones.

Ethnologically, the islands that are included in Oceania are divided into the subregions of Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.[5]

The exact scope of Oceania is variably defined: it generally includes New Zealand, is often taken to include parts of Australasia such as Australia and New Guinea, and sometimes all or part of the Malay Archipelago.[6][7][8]

Contents

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    * 1 Extent

    * 2 Regions

          o 2.1 Interpretative details and controversies

    * 3 Ecogeography

    * 4 History

    * 5 Sport

          o 5.1 Pacific Games

          o 5.2 Rugby codes

          o 5.3 Australian rules football

          o 5.4 Cricket

          o 5.5 Football (soccer)

    * 6 See also

    * 7 Notes

    * 8 External links

[edit] Extent

Originally coined by the French explorer Dumont d'Urville in 1831, Oceania has been traditionally divided into Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia. As with any region, however, interpretations vary; increasingly, geographers and scientists divide Oceania into Near Oceania and Remote Oceania.[9]

Most of Oceania consists of island nations composed of thousands of coral atolls and volcanic islands, with small human populations.

Australia is the only continental country but Indonesia has land borders with Papua New Guinea, East Timor, and Malaysia. If the Australia-New Guinea continent is included then the highest point is Puncak Jaya in Papua at 4,884 m (16,024 ft) and the lowest point is Lake Eyre, Australia at 16 m (52 ft) below sea level.

Answer 4

Yes it is and tom know more about this please check the following sites:

en.wikipedia.orgwiki/talk:continent,Ar...

www.blurtit.com/q283613.html

www.virtualoceania.net/australia/trave...

www.nald.ca/clr/harbours/p35.htm

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www.stalvik.com/engelska/lalgreenland....

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ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/earthwater.html

www.xs4all.nl/dmsweb/meteorites/greenl...

www.ourhollowearth.com/polariopn.html

www.eoearth.org/article/helheim_glaci_...

en.wikipeida.org/wki/greenlanduncyclop...

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Answer 5

No, Australia is continent and Oceania is island nearby.....

Answer 6

noo!

southern asia down by the Phillipenes theres a whole bunch of islands that are 1 country and it is called oceania