Which country is papua new guinea located

Papua New Guinea (PNG) is an independent country located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It is situated in the region of Oceania, and it is bordered by:

• Indonesia to the west (Papua Province)
• The Solomon Islands to the east
• The Pacific Ocean to the north
• The Solomon Sea to the south
• The Arafura Sea to the northwest

Papua New Guinea is an island country, with the mainland portion of the country being the eastern half of the island of New Guinea, which it shares with the Indonesian province of Papua. The country also includes many smaller islands, including Bougainville, New Britain, and New Ireland.

Papua New Guinea is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations and the United Nations, and its capital and largest city is Port Moresby.