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Archaeological & historic sites in Oceania

154 archaeological & historic sites in Oceania, spread across 8 countries. The best known is Nan Madol in Federated States of Micronesia. The 96 best known are below; the rest are on the map.

In Oceania
154
Countries
8
Share of world
1%
Little known
134 of 154

Archaeological & historic sites in Oceania, by country

Every country here with at least one. Those with a page of their own link through.

Archaeological & historic sites elsewhere

Europe8,330 Asia2,227 Africa587 North America1,907 South America258

Questions about this page

What are the best known archaeological & historic sites in Oceania?

Nan Madol in Federated States of Micronesia leads the list. Ruined city of Federated States of Micronesesia.

Which country in Oceania has the most?

Australia (113), New Zealand (27) and Papua New Guinea (5). That ranks how much Wikidata records, not what exists on the ground.

How much of the world is that?

154 of the 14,002 archaeological & historic sites on this atlas, so 1%. The rest are on the worldwide page.

Where does this information come from?

Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.

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