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Melanesia (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
The Wikipedia article on Melanesia, consulted for its constituent nations, its 1832 coinage by Dumont d'Urville, and the genuine scholarly disagreement over its boundaries.
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PublisherWikimedia Foundation
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesia
Source Typereference
Reliability Tier2
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Melanesia (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationSelf-citation: publisherQuote, Self-citation: publisher
Melanesia is a subregion of Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It extends from New Guinea in the west to the Fiji Islands in the east.
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This source backs 23 claims across the atlas. As facts: 15 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds, 1 connected. Plus 6 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Regions, 11 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds, 5 general references.
- Open Questions, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
- Sources, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.
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