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Cook Islands Geography 1996

Affiliation:

(free association with New Zealand)

Location:

Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand

Map references:

Oceania

Area:

total area:

240 sq km

land area:

240 sq km

comparative area:

slightly less than 1.3 times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries:

0 km

Coastline:

120 km

Maritime claims:

continental shelf:

200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin

exclusive economic zone:

200 nm

territorial sea:

12 nm

International disputes:

none

Climate:

tropical; moderated by trade winds

Terrain:

low coral atolls in north; volcanic, hilly islands in south

Natural resources:

negligible

Land use:

arable land:

permanent crops:

22%

meadows and pastures:

forest and woodland:

other:

74%

Irrigated land:

NA sq km

Environment:

current issues:

natural hazards:

typhoons (November to March)

international agreements:

party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change; signed, but not ratified - Law of the Sea

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