Oceania · Island country
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea is an island country in Oceania with no land borders at all. Its capital is Port Moresby.
Capital
Port Moresby
Land borders
0none at all
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Island country
Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby
Capital
10.8 million
Population
462,840 km²
Area
0
Land borders
Papua New Guinean kina (PGK)
Currency
Papua New Guinea borders no country
No land borders at all. The map above shows what is nearest instead — every crossing from here is by sea or by air.
Nothing to link to here — which is the point. Papua New Guinea is one of the countries a border graph cannot help you with: the map above is the whole hint.
Nowhere to cross
No land borders at all.
Papua New Guinea touches no other country, so there is no neighbour to reason from — on the Oceania Map Quiz you find it by its own coastline or not at all. That is not as lonely as it sounds: 40 of the 195 countries on the world board are in the same position.
0
land borders — nothing to touch
40
countries on the world board with no land border at all
14
countries on the Oceania board
The capital
Port Moresby
Capital Rush deals Papua New Guinea and offers four capitals; this is the one that pays. It comes up on the Oceania board and on the world board, which is twice as many chances to get it wrong.
The flag
Flag Blitz flies it and offers four countries — Papua New Guinea is the one that owns it.
- ISO code
- PG
- Currency
- Papua New Guinean kina (PGK)
- Official languages
- English, Hiri Motu and Tok Pisin
- Quiz boards
- Oceania · World
Where Papua New Guinea costs people points
Guinea
Guinea is in Africa, and its capital is Conakry — not Port Moresby. It has 6 land borders to Papua New Guinea's 0.
Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea is in Africa, and its capital is Malabo — not Port Moresby. It has 2 land borders to Papua New Guinea's 0.
Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau is in Africa, and its capital is Bissau — not Port Moresby. It has 2 land borders to Papua New Guinea's 0.
Papua New Guinea, asked and answered
What countries border Papua New Guinea?
None. Papua New Guinea has no land border with any country — every crossing from it is by sea or by air.
What is the capital of Papua New Guinea?
Port Moresby. It is the answer the Oceania Capitals Quiz wants when Papua New Guinea comes up, and the World Capitals Quiz with it.
What continent is Papua New Guinea in?
Oceania. It is one of 14 countries on that board, and one of 195 on the world board.
Is Papua New Guinea the same as Guinea?
No. Guinea is in Africa, and its capital is Conakry — not Port Moresby. It has 6 land borders to Papua New Guinea's 0.
Where can I practise finding Papua New Guinea on a map?
On the Oceania Map Quiz — a blank map of Oceania, ten countries to find, no labels. Papua New Guinea is in the pool, along with every other country on that board.
Can you find Papua New Guinea on a blank map?
It is on the same board as every other country in Oceania. Ten questions, no sign-up, one attempt at today's version.