Geographicals

Melanesia

The collective name for the islands of the Pacific Ocean northeast of Australia, including NEW CALEDONIA; VANUATU; New Hebrides, Solomon Islands, Admiralty Islands, Bismarck Archipelago and FIJI (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p748).

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The collective name for the islands of the Pacific Ocean northeast of Australia, including NEW CALEDONIA; VANUATU; New Hebrides, Solomon Islands, Admiralty Islands, Bismarck Archipelago and FIJI (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p748).

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  • British Solomon Islands
  • Norfolk Island
  • Solomon Islands

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Indexed with the subheadings epidemiology, ethnology.

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  1. Z01w.639w.760w.590w
  2. Z01w.678w.101w.590w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Melanesia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008542. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008542
  2. Melanesia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesia
  3. Melanesia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37394