Place:Island Melanesia

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.

See also

Archaeology and social history

• Austronesian peoples
• Lapita culture
• Micronesian navigation
• Polynesian navigation

Human geography

• East Melanesian Islands
• Near Oceania
• Remote Oceania

Languages

• Central–Eastern Oceanic languages
• Oceanic languages
• Remote Oceanic languages
• Southern Oceanic languages

Nations

• Bougainville
• Fiji
• New Caledonia
• Solomon Islands
• Vanuatu