Melanesia

Melanesia, Pacific Ocean me ek island ke group ha, jon ki ii Ocean ke west se lae ke lagbhag centre talak jaawe hae. Iske matlab "black islands" hae.

A map showing where Melanesia is.

Ii sab des ke 19th century se Melanesia ke hissa maana jaawe hae:

• Bismarck Archipelago
• Fiji
• New Caledonia
• New Guinea (Papua New Guinea mainland and the Indonesian province of Papua)
• Maluku Islands
• Solomon Islands
• Torres Strait Islands
• Vanuatu
• Palau Islands