List of Australasian Countries

Question

I am trying to work out the 22 Austrlasian countries according to PGC. I have the following confirmed (19 of 22):

American Samoa
Australia
Cook Islands
Fiji
French Polynesia
Guam
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Nauru
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Niue
Norfolk Island
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Tuvalu
Vanuatu

Please advise what is missing?

Thanks.

Answer 1

This is what the standard checker script has configured - may help:

continents = {

Europe={"Germany", "United Kingdom", "Sweden", "France", "Czech Republic", "Austria", "Norway", "Denmark", "Spain", "Finland", "Netherlands", "Portugal", "Switzerland", "Belgium", "Italy", "Slovakia", "Ireland", "Poland",  "Hungary", "Luxembourg", "Slovenia", "Latvia", "Lithuania", "Greece", "Romania", "Estonia", "Croatia", "Bulgaria", "Cyprus", "Isle of Man", "Iceland", "Russia", "Ukraine", "Serbia", "Jersey", "Guernsey", "Liechtenstein", "Malta", "Faroe Islands", "Aland Islands", "Andorra", "Bosnia and Herzegovina", "Greenland", "Montenegro", "Macedonia", "Albania", "Armenia", "Svalbard and Jan Mayen", "Monaco", "Belarus", "Gibraltar", "Moldova", "San Marino", "Vatican City State"},
 

  ["North America"]={"Canada", "United States", "Mexico", "Puerto Rico", "Bermuda", "Costa Rica", "Bahamas", "Panama", "Dominican Republic", "Cuba", "El Salvador", "Belize", "Cayman Islands", "US Virgin Islands", "Trinidad and Tobago", "Guatemala", "Curacao", "Aruba", "Barbados", "British Virgin Islands", "Honduras", "Saint Kitts and Nevis", "St Kitts", "Nicaragua", "Netherlands Antilles",  "Jamaica", "St. Martin", "Antigua and Barbuda", "Bonaire", "Turks and Caicos Islands", "Martinique", "Guadeloupe", "Haiti", "St Vince Grenadines", "Grenada", "Saint Lucia", "Anguilla", "Montserrat", "Dominica", "St Barthelemy", "St Pierre Miquelon", "St Eustatius"},

  ["South America"]={"Brazil", "Chile", "Argentina", "Colombia", "Ecuador", "Peru", "Venezuela", "Bolivia", "Suriname", "Paraguay", "Uruguay", "Falkland Islands", "French Guiana", "Guyana", "South Georgia and Sandwich Islands"},

  Africa={"South Africa", "Egypt", "Namibia", "Kenya", "Morocco", "Reunion", "Tunisia", "Zimbabwe", "Tanzania", "Swaziland", "Botswana", "Mauritius", "Seychelles", "Cape Verde", "Mozambique", "Zambia", "Uganda", "Angola", "Gambia", "Ghana", "Djibouti", "Malawi", "Ethiopia", "Senegal", "Algeria", "Libya", "Madagascar", "Mauritania", "Mali", "Nigeria", "Sudan",  "British Indian Ocean Territories", "Mayotte", "Cameroon", "Congo", "Niger", "Saint Helena", "Sao Tome and Principe", "Gabon",  "Rwanda", "Sierra Leone", "South Sudan", "Benin", "Equatorial Guinea", "Togo", "Burkina Faso", "Democratic Republic of the Congo",        "Burundi", "Comoros", "Eritrea", "Chad", "Ivory Coast"},

  Asia={"Japan", "South Korea", "Thailand", "Israel", "Hong Kong", "Taiwan", "Turkey", "United Arab Emirates", "China", "Singapore",   "Qatar", "Malaysia", "Afghanistan", "Iraq", "Saudi Arabia", "India", "Oman", "Indonesia", "Kuwait", "Mongolia", "Philippines",  "Vietnam", "Sri Lanka", "Jordan", "Lebanon", "Nepal", "Iran", "Bahrain", "East Timor", "Cambodia", "Kyrgyzstan", "Georgia", "Kazakhstan", "Myanmar", "Maldives", "Azerbaijan", "Bhutan", "Pakistan", "Macau", "Laos", "Uzbekistan", "Syria", "Tajikistan", "Palestine", "Bangladesh", "Brunei", "Turkmenistan", "Christmas Island", "Yemen"},

  Oceania={"Australia", "New Zealand", "Guam", "Fiji", "New Caledonia", "Niue", "N. Mariana Islands", "Palau", "French Polynesia", "Micronesia", "Marshall Islands", "Vanuatu", "Cook Islands", "Papua New Guinea", "Norfolk Island", "Samoa", "American Samoa",  "Kiribati", "US Minor Outlying Islands", "Nauru", "Solomon Islands", "Tuvalu"},

  Antarctica={"Antarctica"}
}

Comments

Thanks, 22 is how many are reported in the PGC stats.

Oceania (22)
American Samoa
Australia
Cook Islands
Fiji
French Polynesia
Guam
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
N. Mariana Islands
Nauru
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Niue
Norfolk Island
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tuvalu
US Minor Outlying Islands
Vanuatu

Answer 2

This is the november list in the database of Project-GC which is a direct copy of geocaching.com

AFRICA ["Algeria", "Angola", "Benin", "Botswana", "British Indian Ocean Territories", "Burkina Faso", "Burundi", "Cameroon", "Cape Verde", "Central African Republic", "Chad", "Comoros", "Congo", "Democratic Republiek of the Congo", "Djibouti", "Egypt", "Equatorial Guinea", "Eritrea", "Ethiopia", "Gabon", "Gambia", "Ghana", "Guinea", "Guinea-Bissau", "Ivory Coast", "Kenya", "Lesotho", "Liberia", "Libya", "Madagascar", "Malawi", "Mali", "Mauritania", "Mauritius", "Mayotte", "Morocco", "Mozambique", "Namibia", "Niger", "Nigeria", "Reunion", "Rwanda", "Saint Helena", "Sao Tome and Principe", "Senegal", "Seychelles", "Sierra Leone", "Somalia", "South Africa", "South Sudan", "Sudan", "Swaziland", "Tanzania", "Togo", "Tunisia", "Uganda", "Western Sahara", "Zambia", "Zimbabwe"]                           

ANTARCTICA ["Antarctica", "Bouvet Island", "French Southern Territories", "Heard Island And Mcdonald Islands", "South Georgia and Sandwich Islands"]

ASIA ["Afghanistan", "Armenia", "Azerbaijan", "Bahrain", "Bangladesh", "Bhutan", "Brunei", "Cambodia", "China", "Christmas Island", "Cyprus", "East Timor", "Georgia", "Hong Kong", "India", "Indonesia", "Iran", "Iraq", "Israel", "Japan", "Jordan", "Kazakhstan", "Kuwait", "Kyrgyzstan", "Laos", "Lebanon", "Macau", "Malaysia", "Maldives", "Mongolia", "Myanmar", "Nepal", "North Korea", "Oman", "Pakistan", "Palestine", "Philippines", "Qatar", "Saudi Arabia", "Singapore", "South Korea", "Sri Lanka", "Syria", "Taiwan", "Tajikistan", "Thailand", "Turkey", "Turkmenistan", "United Arab Emirates", "Uzbekistan", "Vietnam", "Yemen"]

EUROPE ["Aland Islands", "Albania", "Andorra", "Austria", "Belarus", "Belgium", "Bosnia and Herzegovina", "Bulgaria", "Croatia", "Czech Republic", "Denmark", "Estonia", "Faroe Islands", "Finland", "France", "Germany", "Gibraltar", "Greece", "Guernsey", "Hungary", "Iceland", "Ireland", "Isle of Man", "Italy", "Jersey", "Latvia", "Liechtenstein", "Lithuania", "Luxembourg", "Macedonia", "Malta", "Moldova", "Monaco", "Montenegro", "Netherlands", "Norway", "Poland", "Portugal", "Romania", "Russia", "San Marino", "Serbia", "Slovakia", "Slovenia", "Spain", "Svalbard and Jan Mayen", "Sweden", "Switzerland", "Ukraine", "United Kingdom", "Vatican City State"]

NORTH AMERICA ["Anguilla", "Antigua and Barbuda", "Aruba", "Bahamas", "Barbados", "Belize", "Bermuda", "Bonaire", "British Virgin Islands", "Canada", "Cayman Islands", "Costa Rica", "Cuba", "Curacao", "Dominica", "Dominican Republic", "El Salvador", "Greenland", "Grenada", "Guadeloupe", "Guatemala", "Haiti", "Honduras", "Jamaica", "Martinique", "Mexico", "Montserrat", "Netherlands Antilles", "Nevis and St Kitts", "Nicaragua", "Panama", "Puerto Rico", "Saba", "Saint Kitts and Nevis", "Saint Lucia", "St Barthelemy", "St Eustatius", "St Kitts", "St Pierre Miquelon", "St Vince Grenadines", "St. Martin", "Trinidad and Tobago", "Turks and Caicos Islands", "United States", "US Virgin Islands"]

OCEANIA ["American Samoa", "Australia", "Cook Islands", "Fiji", "French Polynesia", "Guam", "Kiribati", "Marshall Islands", "Micronesia", "Nauru", "New Caledonia", "New Zealand", "Niue", "Norfolk Island", "Northern Mariana Islands", "Palau", "Papua New Guinea", "Pitcairn Islands", "Samoa", "Solomon Islands", "Tokelau", "Tonga", "Tuvalu", "US Minor Outlying Islands", "Vanuatu", "Wallis And Futuna Islands"]

SOUTH AMERICA ["Argentina", "Bolivia", "Brazil", "Chile", "Colombia", "Ecuador", "Falkland Islands", "French Guiana", "Guyana", "Paraguay", "Peru", "Suriname", "Uruguay", "Venezuela"]

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