Total area: 34.6 km2
land area: 34.6 km2

Comparative area: about 0.2 times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries: none

Coastline: 32 km

Maritime claims:
@m5Contiguous zone: 12 nm
@m5Continental shelf: 200 meters or to depth of exploitation
@m5Exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
@m5Territorial sea: 3 nm

Climate: subtropical, mild, little seasonal temperature variation

Terrain: volcanic formation with mostly rolling plains

Natural resources: fish

Land use: 0% arable land; 0% permanent crops; 25% meadows and pastures; 0% forest and woodland; 75% other

Environment: subject to typhoons (especially May to July)

Note: located 1,575 km east of Australia in the South Pacific Ocean

NOTE: The information regarding Norfolk Island on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Norfolk Island Geography 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Norfolk Island Geography 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.