Location:
Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Tonga
Geographic coordinates:
19 02 S, 169 52 W
Map references:
Oceania
Area: Area - comparative: Land boundaries: Coastline: Maritime claims: Climate: Terrain: Elevation extremes: Natural resources: Land use: Irrigated land: Natural hazards: Environment - current issues: Environment - international agreements: Geography - note:
total: 260 sq km
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country comparison to the world: 212
land: 260 sq km
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water: 0 sq km
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1.5 times the size of Washington, DC
0 km
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64 km
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territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
tropical; modified by southeast trade winds
steep limestone cliffs along coast, central plateau
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
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highest point: unnamed elevation near Mutalau settlement 68 m
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fish, arable land
arable land: 11.54%
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permanent crops: 15.38%
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other: 73.08% (2005)
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NA
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typhoons
increasing attention to conservationist practices to counter loss of soil fertility from traditional slash and burn agriculture
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection
one of world's largest coral islands