ISLANDS

IMPORTANT ISLANDS OF MELANESIA

POLYNESIA (MANY ISLANDS)

IMPORTANT INDEPENDENT ISLANDS MICRONESIA (TINY ISLANDS)

NEWZEALAND

QUEENSLAND. BRISBANE

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

AUSTRALIA EAST MAJOR PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS

NORTBERN TERRITORY

AUSTRALIA –WEST WESTERN AUSTRALIA

THE GREAT DIVIDING RANGE.

AUSTRALIA

IMPORTANT ISLANDS OF MELANESIA

 PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Area: 4, 62,840 sq. km.

Population: 4.8 million

Capital: Port Moresby

·         The largest island of Melanesia.

·         Consists of eastern part of New Guinea and adjacent islands.

FIJI

Area: 18, 270 sq. km.

Population: 812, 918

Capital: Suva

·         Fiji’s largest island vityi levu constituting more than half of the land area of the country.

SUVA

·         It is located in the southeast coast of Viti Levu.

·         It is the country’s capital and the largest city of Melanesia.

·         Country’s light industrial centre and leading port.

SOLOMON ISLANDS