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| − | '''Oceania''' is a vast continent-sized region of the [[Earth]]'s surface. It is so named because most of its area is covered by the [[Pacific Ocean]], though it also includes the physical continents of [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand|Zealandia]], each smaller than Earth's other continents. Most of Oceania's land area is on the continent of Australia, while most of Zealandia's surface area is underwater; the rest of Oceania is non-continental land lying as scattered islands on oceanic crust. In Earth geopolitics, Oceania is comprised of four traditional regional divisions: |
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| − | * {{linkWikipedia|Australasia}} in southwestern Oceania groups most of the continent of [[Australia]] with the island country of [[New Zealand]], both major [[United Kingdom|British]] former colonies with large [[Europe]]an-descended populations. |
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| − | * {{linkWikipedia|Melanesia}} in west-central Oceania includes the major islands of {{linkWikipedia|New Guinea}} and {{linkWikipedia|New Caledonia}} along with most of the islands immediately to their east. Like Australasia, significant portions of Melanesia are located on the physical continents of Australia and Zealandia, with New Guinea forming the northern part of the Australian continent and New Caledonia forming the northern part of the Zealandian continent. Melanesia is so named because most of its indigenous inhabitants (Melanesians) have a very dark skin complexion. |
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| − | * {{linkWikipedia|Micronesia}} in northwestern Oceania is so named because most of its scattered islands are very small, low islands. |
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| − | * {{linkWikipedia|Polynesia}} in eastern Oceania is geographically the largest part of Oceania, so named because it consists of many scattered islands, including [[Hawaiʻi]]. Polynesian culture also includes the indigenous inhabitants of New Zealand, making it part of both Australasia and Polynesia. |
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| − | Because Oceania is home to numerous countries and human cultures, it is often likened as another "continent" for the purposes of grouping its countries and territories, though only a small part of Oceania is truly continental. |
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| − | In the [[Mirage continuity]] story ''[[Monster Island]],'' the {{miragelink|Turtles}} and {{miragelink|Leatherhead}} travel to Australia. |
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| + | * [[Australia]], [[Hawaiʻi]] and [[Tahiti]] are all in Oceania and have served as TMNT locations. But Oceania itself has never significantly featured as a wider region. |
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Latest revision as of 18:17, 24 January 2020
- This topic is not unique to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and its in-story notability may be too oblique for it to have its own complete article on Turtlepedia. For more information on this topic, see its corresponding article on Wikipedia:
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- This page may contain a small amount of trivia describing what significance it does have to TMNT. If this topic gains enough in-story significance, it may be converted into a normal article.