No U.S. State Is Close to Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea, in Oceania, is thousands of miles from any U.S. state. It shares land borders with Indonesia (Western New Guinea) and maritime boundaries with the Solomon Islands, Australia, and the Federated States of Micronesia. The nearest U.S. territory is Guam (~2,500 km), but no state — including Hawaii (~4,800 km) — is geographically close. PNG's neighbors are all Pacific nations, not American states.