Place:Island Melanesia
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Short description: Subregion of Melanesia in Oceania
Island Melanesia is a subregion of Melanesia in Oceania.
It is located east of New Guinea island, from the Bismarck Archipelago to New Caledonia.[1]
See also
Archaeology and social history
- Austronesian peoples
- Lapita culture
- Micronesian navigation
- Polynesian navigation
Human geography
Languages
- Central–Eastern Oceanic languages
- Oceanic languages
- Remote Oceanic languages
- Southern Oceanic languages
Nations
- Bougainville
- Fiji
- New Caledonia
- Solomon Islands
- Vanuatu
References
- ↑ Steadman, 2006. Extinction & biogeography of tropical Pacific birds
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