The region includes the four independent countries of Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea. It also includes the Indonesian part of New Guinea and the Maluku islands, the French oversea collectivity of New Caledonia, and the Torres Strait Islands. Almost all of the region is in the Southern Hemisphere; only a few small islands that are not politically considered part of Oceania—specifically the northwestern islands of Western New Guinea—lie in the Northern Hemisphere.
The region includes the four independent countries of Fiji Vanuatu Solomon Islands Papua New Guinea It also includes the Indonesian part of New Guinea and the Maluku islands the French oversea collectivity of New Caledonia and the Torres Strait Islands Almost all of the region is in the Southern Hemisphere; only a few small islands that are not politically considered part of Oceania—specifically the northwestern islands of Western New Guinea—lie in the Northern Hemisphere