Does Australia the continent include more than just Australia the country?
2006-07-13 03:02:55 · 26 answers · asked by neighborhood bully 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
Its not part of any continent. It is sometimes lumped in with other Pacific islands (and Australia) as "Oceania" for administrative purposes (for example, FIFA uses the term Oceania to group the football teams from the region into World Cup qualifying groups), but Oceania is not a continent.
2006-07-13 04:15:21 · answer #1 · answered by DR 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Oceania (sometime know as "Australia Continent") is a geopolitical region, rather than a geographical continent, consisting of many countries in the South Pacific Ocean, including the continent of Australia, New Zealnd, and the Pacific Islands...
2006-07-16 07:11:28 · answer #2 · answered by Handsome 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
New Zealand is officially in Oceania and not a part of the Australian continent as it's over a 1000 miles from Australia. The islands that form New Zealand lies on the boundary of the Australian tectonic plate and the Pacific plate, so it's more like part of an oceanic mountain range than a continental structure.
Culturally they are similar, but that's about the extent of it.
2006-07-13 10:21:37 · answer #3 · answered by Ѕємι~Мαđ ŠçїєŋŧιѕТ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Australia+New Zealand=Oceania
2006-07-13 10:05:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Australia
2006-07-13 10:04:52 · answer #5 · answered by Mr.Skeptic 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
New Zealand is a country in the south-western Pacific Ocean consisting of two large islands (the North Island and South Island) and many smaller ones. Since it is an island it is not part of Australia. New Zealand and Australia are separated by the Tasman Sea. It is about 2000 miles across.
2006-07-13 10:27:56 · answer #6 · answered by Ash888 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Theoretically, it's not on a continent. Since New Zealand is formed by 2 islands, it is considered that it belongs to Oceania (all the land from the ocean). But it is often considered to belong to Australia, because they are located on the same tectonic plate.
2006-07-13 18:11:35 · answer #7 · answered by me-sama 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oceania is the continent which contains Australia and all the nearby islands. New Zealand is in Oceania.
2006-07-13 15:39:28 · answer #8 · answered by lucasgw8 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
australia (the land down under) is more than a country its a continent composed of the pacific islands, new zealand, tasmania, and australia it self.
2006-07-13 16:33:35 · answer #9 · answered by jamz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oceania. Formerly it's called continent of Australia but it's Oceania now.
2006-07-14 02:07:33 · answer #10 · answered by baeyongmok 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋