Melanesia

A map showing where Melanesia is.

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.

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