Melanesia

subregion of Oceania in the southwestern Pacific, extending from New Guinea to Fiji; comprising Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, and New Caledonia; bordered by Southeast Asia, Polynesia, Micronesia, and Australia
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