Papua may refer to: New Guinea, the world's second-largest island in the southwestern Pacific Ocean Western New Guinea, an Indonesian region comprising the western half of the island of New Guinea Papua (province), an Indonesian province in the north coast of Western New Guinea Papua New Guinea, a country comprising the eastern half of the island of New Guinea Territory of Papua, former Australian external territory in southeastern New Guinea Southern Region, Papua New Guinea, officially known as Papua Region up to 2011
Other uses Papua Beach, on the south Atlantic island of South Georgia Papua Island, off the north tip of the Antarctic Peninsula , a British frigate in service in the Royal Navy from 1944 to 1945
See also Papuan (disambiguation) West Papua (disambiguation)
Papuasia, a bioregion containing Papua