大洋洲位于太平洋东南部。它包括9个独立国家——瓦努阿图、西萨摩亚、基里巴斯、瑙鲁、巴布亚新几内亚、所罗门群岛、汤加、图瓦卢、斐济,2个与新西兰“自由联合”的领地——库克群岛和纽埃,6个从属于美国的政治实体——东萨摩亚、关岛和密克罗尼西亚的4个新单位,3个法国的“海外领地”——新喀里多尼亚、法属波利尼西亚、瓦利斯和 Oceania is located in the southeast Pacific Ocean. It comprises nine independent countries - Vanuatu, Western Samoa, Kiribati, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Fiji, and two “freely associated” territories with New Zealand - Cook Archipelago and Niue, 6 subordinate United States political entities - 4 new units in East Samoa, Guam and Micronesia, 3 French “Overseas Territories” - New Caledonia French Polynesia, Wallis and