Melanesia

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[[fr:M�lan�sie]] [[nl:Melanesi�]] Melanesia (from Greek, "black islands") is one of the three large groups of islands in the Pacific that together form Oceania. The islands lie northeast of Australia.

The following islands and groups of islands are considered part of Melanesia:

• Fiji
• New Caledonia
• New Guinea
• Solomon Islands
• Vanuatu

References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Melanesia" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesia, used under the GNU Free Documentation License