Total area: 240 km2
land area: 240 km2

Comparative area: slightly less than 1.3 times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries: none

Coastline: 120 km

Maritime claims:
Continental shelf: edge of continental margin or minimum of 200 nm
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Territorial sea: 12 nm

Climate: tropical; moderated by trade winds

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

Natural resources: negligible

Land use: arable land 4%; permanent crops 22%; meadows and pastures 0%; forest and woodland 0%; other 74%

Environment: subject to typhoons from November to March

Note: located 4,500 km south of Hawaii in the South Pacific Ocean

NOTE: The information regarding Cook Islands on this page is re-published from the 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Cook Islands Geography 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Cook Islands Geography 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.