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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.

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Auckland Islands

Auckland Islands are a group of uninhabited islands about 185 miles (300 kilometers) south of New Zealand.

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Austral Islands

Austral Islands lie south of Tahiti in the Pacific Ocean.

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Australasia

Australasia, aw struh LAY zhuh, refers to Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand, and other nearby islands.

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Barrow Island

Barrow Island is the site of an oil field 60 miles (97 kilometers) off the coast of Western Australia.

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Bathurst Island

Bathurst Island lies in the Timor Sea about 45 miles (72 kilometers) northwest of Darwin.

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Bay of Islands

Bay of Islands is on the east coast of the northern tip of New Zealand's North Island.

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Bougainville

Bougainville, BOO guhn vihl, is the largest of the Solomon Islands.

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Christmas Island

Christmas Island is an Australian territory in the Indian Ocean about 1,553 miles (2,500 kilometers) northwest of Perth.

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Coral Sea Islands

Coral Sea Islands stretch northeast from the Great Barrier Reef near Australia.

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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.

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Enewetak

Enewetak, eh nuh WEE tahk, is an isolated atoll in the northwest corner of the Marshall Islands, in the Pacific Ocean.

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Flinders Island

Flinders Island is the largest of the Furneaux group, in Bass Strait, off the northeastern coast of Tasmania.

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Fraser Island

Fraser Island, also called Great Sandy Island, is the largest sand island in the world.

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Garden Island

Garden Island is the name given to two Australian islands, one in Sydney and one near Perth.

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Gilbert Islands

Gilbert Islands are a group of 16 small atolls (coral reefs) in the central Pacific Ocean.

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Groote Eylandt

Groote Eylandt, groot Y luhnd, is an island in the Gulf of Carpentaria, in northern Australia.

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Guadalcanal Island

Guadalcanal, gwahd uhl kuh NAL, Island lies in the Coral Sea, east of the southern tip of New Guinea.

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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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Hayman Island

Hayman Island is a popular Australian tourist resort.

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