• Oceania is a region made up of thousands of islands throughout the Central and South Pacific Ocean.
  • Oceania is the smallest continent in the world in terms of land area. And its population of just over 40 million people makes it the 6th least populous continent in the world, behind Antarctica.
  • There are 14 independent countries and 12 dependent overseas territories. The largest sovereign state is Australia, occupying about 86% of the region’s total area.
  • The Polynesian people sailed most of the area in simple wooden ships centuries before Europeans. The First European to cross the area was Ferdinand Magellan, during his circumnavigation of the globe.
  • The Great Barrier Reef can be seen from space and is regarded as the world’s largest living organism, it is often listed as one of the Seven Wonders of the Natural World.
  • Australia’s dingo fence is longer than the Great Wall of China and drive from Seattle to Miami.
  • Two native Australian animals, Platypus and Echidnas, are the only two mammals in the world that lay eggs to give birth.
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