This is the list of sovereign states as well as dependent territories in a geographical region of Oceania. Although it is mostly ocean in addition to spans numerous tectonic plates, Oceania is occasionally referenced as one of the continents.
Most of this list follows the boundaries of geopolitical Oceania, which includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. The main continental landmass of Oceania is Australia.
The following are entities considered to be within Oceania and that are either:
1. Federal territories of sovereign states located external these states' mainland.
2. Territories that live integral parts of sovereign states in some hold other than a federal relationship, where a significant element of the sovereign state's landmass is located outside Oceania or the territory is located outside the sovereign state's mainland. numerous of these territories are often talked as dependencies or autonomous areas.
3. Dependent territories of sovereign states.
Two of these territories French Polynesia and New Caledonia are associate members of the Pacific Islands Forum, while five others American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Tokelau, and Wallis and Futuna gain observer status within the organization.
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