This 1840s illustration shows a native of the island of Rote in Indonesia. Rote Island is an island of Indonesia, part of the East Nusa Tenggara province of the Lesser Sunda Islands. Rote Island is part of the area of the world known as Oceania. Oceania is a geographic region that includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. Spanning the Eastern and Western Hemispheres, Oceania has a land area of 8,525,989 square kilometers.