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Note on Oceania:  This is a geographical and political construct to define the vast Pacific Ocean area with its thousands of islands and dozens of countries.

 

Countries & Territories - Flags, Facts & Links:

Capital City             Pago Pago (14.3º South, 170.6º West )

Formal Name         Territory of American Samoa (United States)

Population              64,830

Total Area               77 sq mi/200 sq km

Questions               8 in World Challenge Edition

Capital City             None

Formal Name         Antarctica

Population              No indigenous permanent population.

Total Area               5,404,000 sq mi/14,000,000 Million sq km

Questions               24 in World Challenge Edition

Capital City             Canberra (35.3º South, 149.2º East)

Formal Name         Commonwealth of Australia

Population              21,007,310

Total Area               :2,967,120 sq mi/7,686,850 sq km

Questions               168 in World Challenge Edition

Capital City             None

Formal Name         Bouvet Island (Norway)

Population              0 (Uninhabited)

Total Area               19 sq mi/49 sq km

Questions               1 in World Challenge Edition

Capital City             Avarua (21.2º South, 159.8º West)

Formal Name         Cook Islands (in Free Association with New Zealand)

Population              12,270

Total Area               93 sq mi/240 sq km

Questions               8 in World Challenge Edition

Capital City             Palikir (6.8º North, 158.1º East)

Formal Name         Federated States of Micronesia

Population              107,670

Total Area               270 sq mi/702 sq km

Questions               11 in World Challenge Edition

Capital City             Suva (18.1º South, 178.4º East)

Formal Name         Republic of the Fiji Islands

Population              931,740

Total Area               7,050 sq mi/18,270 sq km

Questions               12 in World Challenge Edition

Capital City             Papeete (17.5º South, 149.6º West)

Formal Name         Overseas Land of French Polynesia (France)

Population              283,020

Total Area               1,610 sq mi/4,170 sq km

Questions               18 in World Challenge Edition

Capital City             Hagåtña (13.5º North, 144.7º East)

Formal Name         Territory of Guam (United States)

Population              175,880

Total Area               210 sq mi/540 sq km

Questions               8 in World Challenge Edition

Hawaii | Hawaiian Islands (20.8º North, 156.5º West)

Capital City             Honolulu (21.3º North, 157.9 West)

Formal Name         Hawaii, United States

Population              1,283,388

Total Area               10,930 sq mi/28,311 sq km

Questions               22 in World Challenge Edition

Capital City             None

Formal Name         Territory of Heard and McDonald Islands (Australia)

Population              0 (Uninhabited)

Total Area               160 sq mi/410 sq km

Questions               2 in World Challenge Edition

Capital City             South Tarawa (1.3º North, 173º East)

Formal Name         Republic of Kiribati

Population              110,360

Total Area               310 sq mi/811 sq km

Questions               5 in World Challenge Edition

Capital City             Majuro (7.1º North, 171.4º East)

Formal Name         Republic of the Marshall Islands

Population              63,170

Total Area               70 sq mi/181 sq km

Questions               8 in World Challenge Edition

Capital City             None (Only independent nation without a capital)

Formal Name         Republic of Nauru

Population              13,770

Total Area               8.1 sq mi/21 sq km

Questions               6 in World Challenge Edition

Capital City             Nouméa (22.3º South, 166.5º East)

Formal Name         Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies (France)

Population              224,820

Total Area               7,360 sq mi/19,060 sq km

Questions               8 in World Challenge Edition

 

Capital City             Wellington (41.5º South, 174.9º East)

Formal Name         New Zealand

Population              4,173,460

Total Area               103,710 sq mi/268,680 sq km

Questions               58 in World Challenge Edition

None

Capital City             : Alofi (19.0º South, 169.9º West )

Formal Name         : Niue

Population              : 1,440

Total Area               : 100 sq mi/260 sq km

Questions               : 4 in World Challenge Edition

Capital City             Kingston (29.0º South, 168.0º East)

Formal Name         Territory of Norfolk Island (Australia)

Population              2,130

Total Area               14 sq mi/35 sq km

Questions               6 in World Challenge Edition

Capital City             Saipan (15.2º North, 145.7º East)

Formal Name         Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

Population              86,620

Total Area               184 sq mi/477 sq km

Questions               5 in World Challenge Edition

Capital City             Melekeok (7.5º North, 134.6º East)

Formal Name         Republic of Palau

Population              21,090

Total Area               177 sq mi/458 sq km

Questions               7 in World Challenge Edition

Capital City             Port Moresby (9.5º South, 147.2º East)

Formal Name         Independent State of Papua New Guinea

Population              5,931,770

Total Area               178,660 sq mi/462,840 sq km

Questions               25 in World Challenge Edition

Capital City             Adamstown (25.1º South, 130.1º West)

Formal Name         Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno Islands (United Kingdom)

Population              48

Total Area               18 sq mi/47 sq km

Questions               5 in World Challenge Edition

Capital City             Apia (13.8º South, 171.6º East)

Formal Name         Independent State of Samoa

Population              217,080

Total Area               1,140 sq mi/2,944 sq km

Questions               11 in World Challenge Edition

Capital City             Honiara (9.4º South, 160.0º East)

Formal Name         Solomon Islands

Population              581,320

Total Area               10,980 sq mi/28,450 sq km

Questions               11 in World Challenge Edition

Capital City             Grytviken (54.3º South, 36.5º West)

Formal Name         South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (United Kingdom)

Population              Uninhabited (There is a science station)

Total Area               1,510 sq mi/3,900 sq km

Questions               5 in World Challenge Edition

Capital City             None

Formal Name         Tokelau (New Zealand)

Population              1,430

Total Area               3.9 sq mi/10 sq km

Questions               4 in World Challenge Edition

Capital City             Nuku'alofa (21.1º South, 175.2º West)

Formal Name         Kingdom of Tonga

Population              119,010

Total Area               290 sq mi/748 sq km

Questions               10 in World Challenge Edition

Capital City             Funafuti (8.5º South, 179.2º East)

Formal Name         Tuvalu

Population              12,180

Total Area               10 sq mi/26 sq km

Questions               7 in World Challenge Edition

Capital City             Port Vila (17.7º South, 168.3º East)

Formal Name         Republic of Vanuatu

Population              215,450

Total Area               4,710 sq mi/12,200 sq km

Questions               13 in World Challenge Edition

Capital City             Matā'utu (13.3º South, 176.2º West)

Formal Name         Territory of Wallis and Futuna (France)

Population              15,240

Total Area               106 sq mi/274 sq km (Smallest)

Questions               7 in World Challenge Edition

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Highest Peak          - Australia - Mount Kosciusko

                                  - Antarctica - Vinson Massif

Longest River         - Australia - Darling River

                                  - Antarctica - Onyx River

Largest Lake          - Australia- Lake Eyre

                                  - Antarctica- Lake Vostok (Sub glacial lake)

Largest City            - Australia- Sydney

                                  - Antarctica- McMurdo Station (Permanent Research Center)

Total Area               - Australia- 3.3 Million sq mi/8.6 Million sq km (Smallest Continent)

                                  - Antarctica- 5.4 Million sq mi/14.0 Million sq km

Maps                         - Australia, Antarctica

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