Oceania, island group in the South Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand
18 00 S, 175 00 E
Oceania
total: 18,274 sq km
land: 18,274 sq km
water: 0 sq km
slightly smaller than New Jersey
total: 0 km
1,129 km
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
measured from claimed archipelagic straight baselines
tropical marine; only slight seasonal temperature variation
mostly mountains of volcanic origin
highest point: Tomanivi 1,324 m
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
timber, fish, gold, copper, offshore oil potential, hydropower
agricultural land: 23.3% (2018 est.)
arable land: 9% (2018 est.)
permanent crops: 4.7% (2018 est.)
permanent pasture: 9.6% (2018 est.)
forest: 55.7% (2018 est.)
other: 21% (2018 est.)
40 sq km (2012)
28.55 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)
approximately 70% of the population lives on the island of Viti Levu; roughly half of the population lives in urban areas
cyclonic storms can occur from November to January
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
includes 332 islands; approximately 110 are inhabited
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