Melanesia
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Countries and territories
Melanesia consists of the following small island nations:
Geographically, the Australian island territory Norfolk Island is situated in Melanesia, although no Melanesian people ever settled there:
The large nation of Papua New Guinea and its neighbor West Papua (Indonesia) are also usually considered part of Melanesia, both culturally and historically speaking, but are covered in separate articles.
Geographically, the Australian island territory Norfolk Island is situated in Melanesia, although no Melanesian people ever settled there:
The large nation of Papua New Guinea and its neighbor West Papua (Indonesia) are also usually considered part of Melanesia, both culturally and historically speaking, but are covered in separate articles.
Cities
- — the capital of the Solomon Islands
- — the second city of Vanuatu.
- — the capital of New Caledonia.
- ー Fiji's main tourist hub.
- — Vanuatu's capital.
- — the large capital of Fiji.
Other destinations
- — the largest island in Vanuatu
- — a small island in New Caledonia and one of the most beautiful islands in the Pacific
Get in
There are flights from Australia and New Zealand to Melanesian destinations. Fiji has some direct flights from Asia and North America too.
See
Each country and territory of Melanesia has exactly one world heritage site:
- The Levuka Historical Port Town in Fiji.
- The Lagoons of New Caledonia.
- East Rennell in the Solomon Islands, the largest raised coral atoll in the world.
- Chief Roi Mata’s Domain in the Shefa province of Vanuatu.
- Australian Convict Sites on the Norfolk Island.
Go next
Melanesia is well connected to the rest of Oceania.