Similarities between Melanesia and New Guinea
Melanesia and New Guinea have 25 things in common (in Unionpedia): Arafura Sea, Australia, Australia (continent), Austronesian languages, Austronesian peoples, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Dark skin, Free Papua Movement, Java, Malay Peninsula, New Guinea, Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Papuan languages, Papuan people, Place name origins, Raja Ampat Islands, Schouten Islands, Southern Hemisphere, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Wallacea, West Papua (province), Western New Guinea.
Arafura Sea
The Arafura Sea lies west of the Pacific Ocean overlying the continental shelf between Australia and Indonesian New Guinea.
Arafura Sea and Melanesia · Arafura Sea and New Guinea ·
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.
Australia and Melanesia · Australia and New Guinea ·
Australia (continent)
The continent of Australia, sometimes known in technical contexts by the names Sahul, Australinea or Meganesia to distinguish it from the country of Australia, consists of the land masses which sit on Australia's continental shelf.
Australia (continent) and Melanesia · Australia (continent) and New Guinea ·
Austronesian languages
The Austronesian languages are a language family that is widely dispersed throughout Maritime Southeast Asia, Madagascar and the islands of the Pacific Ocean, with a few members in continental Asia.
Austronesian languages and Melanesia · Austronesian languages and New Guinea ·
Austronesian peoples
The Austronesian peoples are various groups in Southeast Asia, Oceania and East Africa that speak languages that are under the Austronesian language super-family.
Austronesian peoples and Melanesia · Austronesian peoples and New Guinea ·
Bismarck Archipelago
The Bismarck Archipelago is a group of islands off the northeastern coast of New Guinea in the western Pacific Ocean and is part of the Islands Region of Papua New Guinea.
Bismarck Archipelago and Melanesia · Bismarck Archipelago and New Guinea ·
Borneo
Borneo (Pulau Borneo) is the third largest island in the world and the largest in Asia.
Borneo and Melanesia · Borneo and New Guinea ·
Dark skin
Dark skin is a naturally occurring human skin color that is rich in eumelanin pigments and having a dark color.
Dark skin and Melanesia · Dark skin and New Guinea ·
Free Papua Movement
The Free Papua Movement (Organisasi Papua Merdeka - OPM) is an umbrella term for the independence movement established during 1965 in the West Papuan or West New Guinea territory which is currently being administrated by Indonesia as the provinces of Papua and West Papua, also formerly known as Papua, Irian Jaya and West Irian.
Free Papua Movement and Melanesia · Free Papua Movement and New Guinea ·
Java
Java (Indonesian: Jawa; Javanese: ꦗꦮ; Sundanese) is an island of Indonesia.
Java and Melanesia · Java and New Guinea ·
Malay Peninsula
The Malay Peninsula (Tanah Melayu, تانه ملايو; คาบสมุทรมลายู,, မလေး ကျွန်းဆွယ်, 马来半岛 / 馬來半島) is a peninsula in Southeast Asia.
Malay Peninsula and Melanesia · Malay Peninsula and New Guinea ·
New Guinea
New Guinea (Nugini or, more commonly known, Papua, historically, Irian) is a large island off the continent of Australia.
Melanesia and New Guinea · New Guinea and New Guinea ·
Oceania
Oceania is a geographic region comprising Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia and Australasia.
Melanesia and Oceania · New Guinea and Oceania ·
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (PNG;,; Papua Niugini; Hiri Motu: Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an Oceanian country that occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia.
Melanesia and Papua New Guinea · New Guinea and Papua New Guinea ·
Papuan languages
The Papuan languages are the non-Austronesian and non-Australian languages spoken on the western Pacific island of New Guinea, and neighbouring islands, by around 4 million people.
Melanesia and Papuan languages · New Guinea and Papuan languages ·
Papuan people
Papuan people are the various indigenous peoples of New Guinea and neighbouring islands, speakers of the Papuan languages.
Melanesia and Papuan people · New Guinea and Papuan people ·
Place name origins
In much of the "Old World" (approximately Africa, Asia and Europe) the names of many places cannot easily be interpreted or understood; they do not convey any apparent meaning in the modern language of the area.
Melanesia and Place name origins · New Guinea and Place name origins ·
Raja Ampat Islands
Located off the northwest tip of Bird's Head Peninsula on the island of New Guinea, in Indonesia's West Papua province, Raja Ampat, or the Four Kings, is an archipelago comprising over 1,500 small islands, cays, and shoals surrounding the four main islands of Misool, Salawati, Batanta, and Waigeo, and the smaller island of Kofiau.
Melanesia and Raja Ampat Islands · New Guinea and Raja Ampat Islands ·
Schouten Islands
The Schouten Islands (Kepulauan Biak, also Biak Islands or Geelvink Islands) are an island group of Papua province, eastern Indonesia in the Cenderawasih Bay (or Geelvink Bay) 50 km off the north-western coast of the island of New Guinea.
Melanesia and Schouten Islands · New Guinea and Schouten Islands ·
Southern Hemisphere
The Southern Hemisphere is the half of Earth that is south of the Equator.
Melanesia and Southern Hemisphere · New Guinea and Southern Hemisphere ·
Sulawesi
Sulawesi, formerly known as Celebes, is an island in Indonesia.
Melanesia and Sulawesi · New Guinea and Sulawesi ·
Sumatra
Sumatra is an Indonesian island in Southeast Asia that is part of the Sunda Islands.
Melanesia and Sumatra · New Guinea and Sumatra ·
Wallacea
Wallacea is a biogeographical designation for a group of mainly Indonesian islands separated by deep-water straits from the Asian and Australian continental shelves.
Melanesia and Wallacea · New Guinea and Wallacea ·
West Papua (province)
West Papua (Papua Barat) is a province of Indonesia.
Melanesia and West Papua (province) · New Guinea and West Papua (province) ·
Western New Guinea
Western New Guinea, also known as Papua (formerly Irian Jaya) and West Papua, is the part of the island of New Guinea (also known as Papua) annexed by Indonesia in 1962.
Melanesia and Western New Guinea · New Guinea and Western New Guinea ·
The list above answers the following questions
- What Melanesia and New Guinea have in common
- What are the similarities between Melanesia and New Guinea
Melanesia and New Guinea Comparison
Melanesia has 95 relations, while New Guinea has 239. As they have in common 25, the Jaccard index is 7.49% = 25 / (95 + 239).
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