Outlying Oceania

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Short description: Name used in the Unicode Common Locale Data Repository

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] 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:

References

  1. Davis, Mark (2023-10-25). "Unicode Locale Data Markup Language (LDML)" (in en). https://unicode.org/reports/tr35/#unicode_region_subtag_validity. 
  2. "Territory Containment (UN M.49)". 2022-10-17. https://www.unicode.org/cldr/charts/42/supplemental/territory_containment_un_m_49.html. "CLDR supplements this table with the QO code for outlying areas that would not otherwise be included."