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    Oceania map quiz

    Can you place all 14 countries of Oceania? Name the highlighted country from four options, or switch to “find it” mode and click the country yourself. Small countries are shown as dots.

    How the map quiz works

    In the default mode a country is filled in blue and circled, and you choose its name from four countries in the same region, which are usually its neighbours. This mode works with a keyboard (keys 1–4) and a screen reader’s button list, though the map itself is visual. In “find it” mode the map names a country and you click or tap it; a wrong click is marked in orange and the correct country is then highlighted.

    8 countries are too small to click reliably as shapes and also appear as dots: Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Samoa, Tonga and Tuvalu. Grey areas without a country in the quiz, such as New Caledonia, are drawn for context but are not asked about.

    Clues for finding countries

    • Papua New Guinea has the most land neighbours here (1): find it first and the countries around fall into place.
    • 13 countries have no land border at all: Australia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. Look for them offshore.
    • The quiz’s wrong options come from the same region, so learning each region’s outline (below) is the fastest way to improve.

    Study list: neighbours of every country in Oceania

    Land neighbours are the best memory hook for a map quiz. Grouped by region; follow a country’s name for its profile and detailed maps.

    Australasia

    CountryLand neighboursCoast
    Flag of AustraliaAustraliaNoneYes
    Flag of New ZealandNew ZealandNoneIsland country

    Melanesia

    CountryLand neighboursCoast
    Flag of FijiFijiNoneIsland country
    Flag of Papua New GuineaPapua New GuineaIndonesiaIsland country
    Flag of Solomon IslandsSolomon IslandsNoneIsland country
    Flag of VanuatuVanuatuNoneIsland country

    Micronesia

    CountryLand neighboursCoast
    Flag of KiribatiKiribatiNoneIsland country
    Flag of Marshall IslandsMarshall IslandsNoneIsland country
    Flag of MicronesiaMicronesiaNoneIsland country
    Flag of NauruNauruNoneIsland country
    Flag of PalauPalauNoneIsland country

    Polynesia

    CountryLand neighboursCoast
    Flag of SamoaSamoaNoneIsland country
    Flag of TongaTongaNoneIsland country
    Flag of TuvaluTuvaluNoneIsland country

    Map: Natural Earth 1:110m country outlines (public domain) via world-atlas, Natural Earth projection, shipped with this site. Borders and coast status: Countries.World country records. For a labelled overview see the map of Oceania.