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Geographical location of Australia. Australia is the smallest continent in the World. It is completely located to the south of the equator in south tropic. Islands - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Australia is the smallest continent in the World. It is completely located to the south of the equator in south tropic.
IslandsThe largest islands are: in the north: Melvill, Baterst,
Grut-Island; in the south: Tasmania, King, Flinders and Kangaroo; in the west: Derk-Hartog; in the east:
Frayzer.
Melvill & Baterst Tasmania
OceaniaTo the north and east from Australia, in south-west part of the Pacific ocean there are many large and
small islands of different origin. They are called Oceania. Their area isabout 1,3 million square
kilometers.
PolynesiaAll other islands in the central and southern
parts of the Pacific ocean are called Polynesia. These islands are Hawaiian, Layn and others.
Australia - continent-islandAustralia is washed by the Pacific and Indian
oceans. It is not connected with other continents by land. So Australia sometimes is
called the continent-island.
Big Barrier Reef Big Barrier Reef is a big amount of coral reefs
and islands in the Coral Sea on the north-eastern seaside of Australia. It is 2500 kilometers long.
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This presentationwas made by
Belavin maxClass 9 B
Teacher - Kovalenko N.A.