MELANESIA

 MELANESIA

Melanesia United Nations Islands

Melanesia ( from Greek " black island " ) is a territory that extends from the western Pacific to the Arafura Sea , north and northeast of Australia . The term was first used by French explorer Jules Dumont d' Urville in 1832 to refer to an ethnic group and the grouping of islands distinct from Polynesia and Micronesia . Nowadays , the classification of " racial " Dumont d' Urville is considered inappropriate because he covered the cultural diversity , linguistic , and genetic Melanesia and now it is only used for geographical naming .Countries that belong to the Melanesian namely :

• Fiji
• Papua New Guinea
• Solomon Islands
• Vanuatu
• New Caledonia
• Maluku, Indonesia
• North Maluku, Indonesia
• East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
• Papua, Indonesia
• West Papua, Indonesia 
• Sebagai tambahan, negara Fiji, Papua Nugini, Kepulauan Solomon, Vanuatu, dan Kaledonia Baru (yang merupakan dependensi Perancis) menggunakan istilah ini untuk menggambarkan diri mereka sendiri karena mencerminkan sejarah kolonial dan situasi regional umum yang serupa.