Location: Oceania, Melanesia, just east of Papua New Guinea in the South Pacific Ocean

Map references: Oceania, Standard Time Zones of the World

Area:
total area: 28,450 sq km
land area: 27,540 sq km
comparative area: slightly larger than Maryland

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 5,313 km

Maritime claims: measured from claimed archipelagic baselines
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm

International disputes: none

Climate: tropical monsoon; few extremes of temperature and weather

Terrain: mostly rugged mountains with some low coral atolls

Natural resources: fish, forests, gold, bauxite, phosphates, lead, zinc, nickel

Land use:
arable land: 1%
permanent crops: 1%
meadows and pastures: 1%
forest and woodland: 93%
other: 4%

Irrigated land: NA sq km

Environment:
current issues: deforestation; soil erosion; limited arable land
natural hazards: subject to typhoons, but they are rarely destructive; geologically active region with frequent earth tremors
international agreements: party to - Environmental Modification, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Whaling; signed, but not ratified - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Law of the Sea

Note: located just east of Papua New Guinea in the South Pacific Ocean

NOTE: The information regarding Solomon Islands 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 Solomon Islands Geography 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Solomon Islands Geography 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.