Austronesia - islands of central and South Pacific (Indonesia and Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia)Melanesia - the islands in the southwestern part of Oceania Micronesia - the islands in the northwestern part of Oceania Polynesia - the islands in the eastern part of Oceania Polynesia - the islands in the eastern part of Oceania Dutch East Indies, Indonesia, Republic of Indonesia - a republic in southeastern Asia on an archipelago including more than 13,000 islands; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1945; the principal oil producer in the Far East and Pacific regions archipelago - a group of many islands in a large body of water |