Oceania and the Pacific

What this quiz asks

• Which ocean washes the west coast of Australia?
• Which city is the capital of the state of Western Australia?
• The Great Barrier Reef lies off the coast of which Australian state?
• Which Australian state is an island?
• New Zealand lies to the east of Australia, across the Tasman Sea.
• Which New Zealand city is built on a narrow isthmus between two harbours, dotted with dozens of volcanic cones?
• The Polynesian Triangle has its corners at Hawaii, New Zealand and which island?
• Select ALL of these that are states of Australia rather than territories.
• Which island is shared by Papua New Guinea and Indonesia?
• Does the Equator pass through the territory of Kiribati?
• Aoraki / Mount Cook is the highest mountain in which country?
• Which Māori name is widely used for New Zealand?
• Which river forms most of the border between New South Wales and Victoria?
• Perth is closer to Jakarta, in Indonesia, than to Sydney.
• Order these countries by land area, largest first.
• Select ALL of these island nations that are part of Polynesia.
• How high is Mount Kosciuszko, the highest mountain on mainland Australia, in metres?
• The flat, treeless Nullarbor Plain runs along which body of water?
• Which Pacific island nation was called the New Hebrides before independence?
• Which cape is the easternmost point of mainland Australia?