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Featured Article: Kwajalein
Kwajalein is one of the world's largest atolls (rings of coral islands). See more »
Ashmore and Cartier Islands
Ashmore and Cartier Islands are a territory of Australia in the Indian Ocean about 185 miles (300 kilometers) off the northwestern coast of Australia.
See more »Auckland Islands
Auckland Islands are a group of uninhabited islands about 185 miles (300 kilometers) south of New Zealand.
See more »Australasia
Australasia, aw struh LAY zhuh, refers to Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand, and other nearby islands.
See more »Barrow Island
Barrow Island is the site of an oil field 60 miles (97 kilometers) off the coast of Western Australia.
See more »Bathurst Island
Bathurst Island lies in the Timor Sea about 45 miles (72 kilometers) northwest of Darwin.
See more »Bay of Islands
Bay of Islands is on the east coast of the northern tip of New Zealand's North Island.
See more »Christmas Island
Christmas Island is an Australian territory in the Indian Ocean about 1,553 miles (2,500 kilometers) northwest of Perth.
See more »Coral Sea Islands
Coral Sea Islands stretch northeast from the Great Barrier Reef near Australia.
See more »D'Urville Island
D'Urville Island lies at the eastern end of Tasman Bay, near the northern coast of the South Island of New Zealand.
See more »Enewetak
Enewetak, eh nuh WEE tahk, is an isolated atoll in the northwest corner of the Marshall Islands, in the Pacific Ocean.
See more »Flinders Island
Flinders Island is the largest of the Furneaux group, in Bass Strait, off the northeastern coast of Tasmania.
See more »Fraser Island
Fraser Island, also called Great Sandy Island, is the largest sand island in the world.
See more »Garden Island
Garden Island is the name given to two Australian islands, one in Sydney and one near Perth.
See more »Gilbert Islands
Gilbert Islands are a group of 16 small atolls (coral reefs) in the central Pacific Ocean.
See more »Groote Eylandt
Groote Eylandt, groot Y luhnd, is an island in the Gulf of Carpentaria, in northern Australia.
See more »Guadalcanal Island
Guadalcanal, gwahd uhl kuh NAL, Island lies in the Coral Sea, east of the southern tip of New Guinea.
See more »Hamilton Island
Hamilton Island is located off the coast of northern Queensland, Australia, in the Cumberland group of islands in the Great Barrier Reef.
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