Location: Oceania, Micronesia, in the North Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way between Hawaii and Indonesia

Map references: Oceania, Southeast Asia, Standard Time Zones of the World

Area:
total area: 702 sq km
land area: 702 sq km
comparative area: slightly less than four times the size of Washington, DC
note: includes Pohnpei (Ponape), Truk (Chuuk), Yap, and Kosrae

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 6,112 km

Maritime claims:
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm

International disputes: none

Climate: tropical; heavy year-round rainfall, especially in the eastern islands; located on southern edge of the typhoon belt with occasional severe damage

Terrain: islands vary geologically from high mountainous islands to low, coral atolls; volcanic outcroppings on Pohnpei, Kosrae, and Truk

Natural resources: forests, marine products, deep-seabed minerals

Land use:
arable land: NA%
permanent crops: NA%
meadows and pastures: NA%
forest and woodland: NA%
other: NA%

Irrigated land: NA sq km

Environment:
current issues: NA
natural hazards: subject to typhoons (June to December)
international agreements: party to - Climate Change, Law of the Sea; signed, but not ratified - Biodiversity

Note: four major island groups totaling 607 islands

NOTE: The information regarding Micronesia, Federated States of on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Micronesia, Federated States of Geography 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Micronesia, Federated States of Geography 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.