Outlying Oceania

Outlying Oceania is the name used in the Unicode Common Locale Data Repository for territories that are supplemented into the United Nations geoscheme for Oceania ( UN M49 code 009 ) since they are not assigned to a subcontinent . ^{[1] [2]} Unlike other such regions, the territories in this region are not geographically contiguous. The name has private-use region subtags assigned: alpha-2 QO, alpha-3 QOO and numeric 961.

It includes areas that are not in the Pacific Ocean :

•   Antarctica (Antarctic Ocean)
•   Ascension Island (Atlantic Ocean)
•   Clipperton Island (Pacific Ocean)
•   Diego Garcia (Indian Ocean)
•   Tristan da Cunha (Atlantic Ocean)

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