Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand
21 14 S, 159 46 W
Oceania
total: 236 sq km
land: 236 sq km
water: 0 sq km
1.3 times the size of Washington, DC
total: 0 km
120 km
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
tropical oceanic; moderated by trade winds; a dry season from April to November and a more humid season from December to March
low coral atolls in north; volcanic, hilly islands in south
highest point: Te Manga 652 m
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
coconuts (copra)
agricultural land: 8.4% (2018 est.)
arable land: 4.2% (2018 est.)
permanent crops: 4.2% (2018 est.)
permanent pasture: 0% (2018 est.)
forest: 64.6% (2018 est.)
other: 27% (2018 est.)
N/A
0 cubic meters (2017 est.)
most of the population is found on the island of Rarotonga
tropical cyclones (November to March)
party to: Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
the northern Cook Islands are seven low-lying, sparsely populated, coral atolls; the southern Cook Islands, where most of the population lives, consist of eight elevated, fertile, volcanic isles, including the largest, Rarotonga, at 67 sq km
NOTE: The information regarding Cook Islands on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Cook Islands 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Cook Islands 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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