Map of Melanesia, showing its location within Oceania Melanesia is one of three major cultural areas of the Pacific Ocean islands, along with Micronesia and Polynesia.

Dec 11, 2020 · A map depicting Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. Image credit: Peter Hermes Furian/Shutterstock Melanesia is a region located in the South Pacific Ocean consisting of roughly 2,000 islands. The term "Melanesia" is from Greek and means "black islands." Approximately 12 million people live in Melanesia today.

Detailed Map of Melanesia On this detailed map of Melanesia, you’ll be able to find political boundaries. It clearly marks the boundaries of countries like Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and Fiji. This map also depicts major cities and country capitals.

back to small map of Melanesia. The Melanesia map shows dependant islands and island states of Melanesia with their capital cities, as well as other geographical features.

Melanesia (from Greek, meaning "black islands") is a region extending from the western side of the eastern Pacific to the Arafura Sea, north and northeast of Australia.

Melanesia is a subregion of Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It extends from New Guinea in the west to the Fiji Islands in the east, and includes the Arafura Sea.

Original file (SVG file, nominally 900 × 520 pixels, file size: 388 KB) This W3C-unspecified vector image was created with Adobe Illustrator. English: Map of Melanesia based on the United Nations geoscheme M49 coding classification devised by the United Nations Statistics Division. SVG …

Small Reference Map of the Island States of Melanesia.

Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia large political map. Large political map of Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia.

The Pacific islands of Melanesia, a subregion of Oceania, from Papua New Guinea in the west to Fiji in the east.