No, Papua New Guinea is in the Pacific. It is the country on the eastern half of the island of New Guinea, although it is sometimes called New Guinea for short. The western half of New Guinea is...
'Papua' comes from the Malay word pepuah which was used to describe the distinctive, frizzy Melanesian hair of the people who live on the island of New Guinea.
The northern half of Papua New Guinea was once known as German New Guinea after it came under German control in 1884, while the southern half was known as British New Guinea, later renamed to Papua...