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Landscape in New Guinea   Excluding Australia, which is considered a continental mass, Oceania is made up exclusively of islands, most of which are small to medium in size.

   The largest island of this continent, New Guinea, is in second place in the world ranking by surface and is divided between an Oceanic country (Papua New Guinea) and an Asian country (Indonesia), whose easternmost part is located in Oceania, as well as its other smaller islands.

   Overall, three islands exceed one hundred thousand square kilometers and only six other ten thousand square kilometers; most of the countries of Oceania have in fact a rather limited area.


Island Area (kmē)
Area (sq mi)
Country
New Guinea (1) 785,753 303,381 Indonesia, Papua New Guinea
South Island 150,416 58,076 New Zealand
North Island (2) 114,154 44,075 New Zealand
Tasmania 64,519 24,911 Australia
New Britain 35,145 13,570 Papua Nuova Guinea
Grande Terre 16,732 6,460 New Caledonia (France)
Yos Sudarso 11,742 4,534 Indonesia
Hawaii (3) 10,434 4,029 United States
Viti Levu 10,388 4,011 Fiji
Bougainville 9,318 3,598 Papua Nuova Guinea
New Ireland 7,404 2,859 Papua Nuova Guinea
Melville 5,786 2,234 Australia
Vanua Levu 5,587 2,157 Fiji
Guadalcanal 5,302 2,047 Solomon Islands
Kangaroo Island 4,416 1,705 Australia
Malaita 4,308 1,663 Solomon Islands
Espiritu Santo 3,955 1,527 Vanuatu
Makira 3,190 1,232 Solomon Islands
Santa Isabel 2,999 1,158 Solomon Islands
Choiseul 2,971 1,147 Solomon Islands
Groote Eylandt 2,285 882 Australia
Yapen 2,278 880 Indonesia
Trangan 2,149 830 Indonesia
Malakula 2,041 788 Vanuatu
New Georgia 2,037 786 Solomon Islands
Manus 1,940 749 Papua Nuova Guinea
Biak 1,904 735 Indonesia
Maui 1,883 727 United States
Kobroor 1,723 665 Indonesia
Savai'i 1,694 654 Samoa
Bathurst 1,693 654 Australia
Stewart 1,681 649 New Zealand
Fraser (4) 1,653 638 Australia
Tanahbesar 1,604 619 Indonesia
Oahu 1,545 597 United States


(1) The second largest island in the world, after Greenland; here we reach the maximum height among all the islands of the planet.
(2) Second most populated island in Oceania.
(3) Second island on Earth for maximum height reached and one of only three to exceed 4,000 meters in height, with New Guinea and Borneo.
(4) The largest sand island in the world.