Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Tonga
19 02 S, 169 52 W
Oceania
total: 260 sq km
land: 260 sq km
water: 0 sq km
1.5 times the size of Washington, DC
total: 0 km
64 km
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
tropical; modified by southeast trade winds
steep limestone cliffs along coast, central plateau
highest point: unnamed elevation 1.4 km east of Hikutavake 80 m
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
arable land, fish
agricultural land: 19.1% (2018 est.)
arable land: 3.8% (2018 est.)
permanent crops: 11.5% (2018 est.)
permanent pasture: 3.8% (2018 est.)
forest: 71.2% (2018 est.)
other: 9.7% (2018 est.)
0 sq km (2012)
0 cubic meters (2017 est.)
population distributed around the peripheral coastal areas of the island
tropical cyclones
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
one of world's largest coral islands; the only major break in the surrounding coral reef occurs in the central western part of the coast
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