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Coral Sea Islands Geography 2020

SOURCE: 2020 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES











Coral Sea Islands Geography 2020
SOURCE: 2020 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES


Page last updated on January 27, 2020

Location:
Oceania, islands in the Coral Sea, northeast of Australia

Geographic coordinates:
18 00 S, 152 00 E

Map references:
Oceania

Area:
total: 3 sq km less than
[see also: Area - total country ranks ]
land: 3 sq km less than
[see also: Area - land country ranks ]
water: 0 sq km
note: includes numerous small islands and reefs scattered over a sea area of about 780,000 sq km (300,000 sq mi) with the Willis Islets the most important
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data): 253

Area - comparative:
about four times the size of the National Mall in Washington, DC

Land boundaries:
0 km

Coastline:
3,095 km
[see also: Coastline country ranks ]

Maritime claims:
territorial sea: 3 nm
[see also: Maritime claims - territorial sea country ranks ]
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
[see also: Maritime claims - exclusive fishing zone country ranks ]

Climate:
tropical

Terrain:
sand and coral reefs and islands (cays)

Elevation:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Cato Island 9 m

Natural resources:
fish

Land use:
agricultural land: 0% (2011 est.)
[see also: Land use - agricultural land country ranks ]
arable land: 0% (2011 est.)
[see also: Land use - arable land country ranks ]
permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.)
[see also: Land use - permanent crops country ranks ]
permanent pasture: 0% (2011 est.)
[see also: Land use - permanent pasture country ranks ]
forest: 0% (2011 est.)
[see also: Land use - forest country ranks ]
other: 100% (2011 est.)
[see also: Land use country ranks ]

Natural hazards:
occasional tropical cyclones

Environment - current issues:
no permanent freshwater resources; damaging activities include coral mining, destructive fishing practices (overfishing, blast fishing)

Geography - note:
important nesting area for birds and turtles


NOTE: 1) The information regarding Coral Sea Islands on this page is re-published from the 2020 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Coral Sea Islands Geography 2020 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Coral Sea Islands Geography 2020 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
2) The rank that you see is the CIA reported rank, which may have the following issues:
  a) They assign increasing rank number, alphabetically for countries with the same value of the ranked item, whereas we assign them the same rank.
  b) The CIA sometimes assigns counterintuitive ranks. For example, it assigns unemployment rates in increasing order, whereas we rank them in decreasing order.






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