In Oceania's Geoguessr landscape, identifying features include New Zealand's green directional signs with red numbering and utility poles with a metal ring; Australia's state-specific details like Western Australia's yellow sign posts, South Australia's Stobie poles, and unique vegetation such as Eucalyptus trees; American Samoa's right-hand driving and blue license plates; Guam's distinctive octagonal utility poles and "Guam" highway shields; and Northern Mariana Islands' tropical vibe with right-hand driving and US-style signage.

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Oceania Metas

Australia typically has white street signs.

Street Name 🇦🇺 Australia

In American Samoa, you will commonly just see the back of a black ute if you pan down.

Google Car 🇦🇸 American Samoa

A car will often be beneath you in Tutuila, American Samoa. Other locations in American Samoa feature a person holding the Street View camera.

Google Car 🇦🇸 American Samoa

In Australia, Eucalyptus trees are a prominent feature, typically tall with white bark.

Flora 🇦🇺 Australia

In Australia, these metal utility poles with holes in them are unique to the Northern Territory.

Poles 🇦🇺 Australia

If you look at the rear-left of the Guam car (right-side on the above picture), you will see a tiny bit of a bar sticking out- this distinguishes Guam from the Northern Mariana Islands.

Google Car 🇬🇺 Guam

Guam uses these blue highway shields that helpfully say ‘Guam’.

Street Sign 🇬🇺 Guam

Guam has these large octagonal, concrete utility poles, in contrast to the Northern Mariana Islands which generally has wooden utility poles.

Poles 🇬🇺 Guam

In the state of New South Wales, Australia, some cars feature yellow license plates, which are displayed on both the front and rear of the vehicle.

License Plate 🇦🇺 Australia

American Samoa has blue license plates.

License Plate 🇦🇸 American Samoa

Australian speed limit signs appear on a white rectangle. This contrasts New Zealand speed limit signs which appear as a circular cut-out.

Street Sign 🇦🇺 Australia

In Australia, a reliable way to identify the state of Western Australia is through its yellow sign posts. The rest of the country uses mainly silver poles.

Sign Posts 🇦🇺 Australia

Chevrons in New Zealand are black-on-white colored with a black outline.

Chevrons 🇳🇿 New Zealand

In Australia, bollards are typically white, featuring a red reflector on the front and a grey reflector on the back.

Bollards 🇦🇺 Australia

In Australia, rolling hills suggest you are most likely in Tasmania or Victoria. The rest of the country is predominantly flat.

Flora 🇦🇺 Australia

Cars drive on the right in American Samoa (which is rare for an island) and there is often a double yellow line in the centre of the road. The most populated island in American Samoa is Tutuila. This island features coverage along lots of roads and the island is more inhabited.

Driving direction 🇦🇸 American Samoa

'C' roads are designated in the Australian states of Tasmania and Victoria.

Street Sign 🇦🇺 Australia

The Northern Mariana landscape features a large number of palm trees. The territory is very tropical feeling and there are often hills nearby. Cars drive on the right in the Northern Mariana Islands which is rare for an island area.

Driving direction 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands

New Zealand has green direction signs with unique red highway number shields.

Street Sign 🇳🇿 New Zealand

In New Zealand many give-way intersections also have a white give-way triangle painted on the street.

Street Sign 🇳🇿 New Zealand

In Australia, Stobie poles are unique to the state of South Australia. They are utility poles made with steel on both sides and concrete in the center.

Poles 🇦🇺 Australia

It's common to see fern growing in forested areas in New Zealand.

Flora 🇳🇿 New Zealand

In New Zealand, give-way signs have red text.

Street Sign 🇳🇿 New Zealand

In New Zealand, most utility poles have a lone piece of metal, usually silver or white, wrapping around them.

Poles 🇳🇿 New Zealand

Australian give-way signs are written in black writing.

Street Sign 🇦🇺 Australia

In New Zealand, bollards have a red strip around the upper part of the bollard.

Bollards 🇳🇿 New Zealand

If you pan down in the Northern Mariana Islands you should see a thick blur beneath you. There is also an antenna extending from the front-right section of the Street View car.

Google Car 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands

In New Zealand, speed signs are typically circular.

Street Sign 🇳🇿 New Zealand

This image shows three signs that are visible in the Northern Mariana Islands. Depicted are: the leftmost stop sign (they have English as their language), the highway shield sign (we are on route 308) and the US Speed Limit sign (the US own this territory). Also note the US style metal poles with small holes holding up these signs.

Street Sign 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands

Some utility poles in Tasmania have olive-colored metal wrappings around the pole, approximately 2 meters above the ground.

Poles 🇦🇺 Australia

Midway Atoll is instantly recognizable thanks to the thousands of albatrosses that swarm the entire area.

Other 🇺🇲 U.S. Minor Outlying Islands

New Zealand street signs are blue or green.

Street Name 🇳🇿 New Zealand

Australia uses black-on-yellow chevrons without a border around them. White-on-black chevrons also exist.

Chevrons 🇦🇺 Australia

License plates in the Northern Territory of Australia generally have a reddish tinge.

License Plate 🇦🇺 Australia