Oceania geography facts?

The world divided in two. On which side are you ? Dry or wet. Beige or Blue ? [OC] ☔️

The Australian embassy leaves after being expelled by the Sealand government

I noticed this on my coffee cup. Kinda sad.

What created these near circular pillars in the desert in northern Niger?

I grew up reading Atlases, my first book I remember reading as a kid were Atlas books, just the images of maps really opened my eyes.

What is this massive rectangular area near Manta, Ecuador?

I wasn’t able to find any information about this online. It seems to be a completely barren desert with several roads running in and around the area.

I scrapped all the borders in the greater Pacific Northwest region of North America and drew new ones (mostly) along mountain chains. Thoughts?

I’m a born and raised Pacific Northwesterner who has traveled fairly widely around the region, and the borders here have always seemed to me to clash with the natural lay of the land. Zoomable version of the map with additional information: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1lrONCd4iTR6qFvfhlyttbTTdJlUrrWuO&ll=58.95904975559191%2C-148.78202850000002&z=2

Rate my Lego map of Japan

Imagine an island located here, describe its climate!

Imagine one of the New England seamounts were actually an island. Same latitude as southern New Jersey but as far away from the Eastern Seaboard as Bermuda. My take - similar climate to the Azores. Mild enough to support palms. Gulf Stream moderates the climate and makes it warmer than the Azores, potentially warm enough to support Coconut Palms. Perhaps home to the highest latitude Coconut Palms. Island gets incredibly amounts of rain, particularly in winter. Always on the warm side of Nor’easters bringing high temperatures into the 80’s even in January. Cold fronts are moderated by 600+ miles of warm Atlantic waters between it and the USA.

Map of the bombs that were dropped on Laos by the US