Oceania- (sometimes
Oceanica) is a geographical, often geopolitical, region consisting of
numerous lands—mostly islands in the Pacific Ocean and vicinity.
Papua
New Guinea -Papua New
Guinea is a island country
in the southwestern Pacific
Ocean. It encompasses the
eastern half of the island
of New Guinea (the western
half, Irian Jaya, belonging
to Indonesia) and its offshore
islands as well as the islands
of the Bismarck Archipelago
(New Britain, New Ireland,
and the Admiralty Islands)
and those of Bougainville
and Buka.[5]
Geography
Land area: 462,840 sq. km.; about
the size of California.
Cities: Capital--Port Moresby (254,158).
Other cities--Lae (78,038), Mt. Hagen
(27,789).
Terrain: Mostly mountains with coastal
lowlands and rolling foothills. The
largest portion of the population
lives in fertile highlands valleys
that were unknown to the outside world
until the 1930s, but that supported
agriculture some 10,000 years ago,
possibly before agriculture was developed
elsewhere.
Climate: Tropical. NW monsoon, Dec.-Mar.;
SE monsoon, May-Oct.
New
Guinea, Indonesia / Papua New
Guinea -New Guinea, located
north of Australia, is the world's
second largest island. It encompasses
the nations of Papua, New Guinea
on one side and the Indonesian
provinces of Papua and West Irian
Jaya on the other. [1]
Rabaul,
East New Britain, Papua, New Guinea
- Rabaul
caldera is a large
volcano
situated in East
New Britain, Papua
New Guinea. It derives
its name from the town of Rabaul
situated inside the caldera.
The highest of its multiple peaks
is 688 metres. [2]
Fly
River, Western Region, Papua,
New Guinea - The mighty
Fly River is the longest river
in the country, winding for almost
500 miles before it reaches the
sea. The Fly River area contains
areas of savanna and grassland,
mixed with woodland and monsoon
forests and straddles the border
between Papau New Guinea and the
Indonesian province of Papua. [3]
Owen
Stanley Range, Papua, New Guinea
- Owen Stanley Range
is the south-eastern part of the
central mountain-chain in Papua
New Guinea. The range is
flanked by broken and difficult
country, particularly on the south-western
side.[3]
