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Geography of French Polynesia

This article describes the geography of French Polynesia.

; Location:

Oceania, archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from South America to Australia
; Geographic coordinates:
15° 00′ S, 140° 00&prime W
; Map references:
Oceania
; Area:
  • Total: 4,167 km² (118 islands and atolls)
Land: 3,660 km²
Water: 507 km²
; Land boundaries:
0 km
; Coastline:
2,525 km
; Maritime claims:
  • Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Territorial sea: 12 nm
; Climate:
Tropical, but moderate
; Terrain:
Mixture of rugged high islands and low islands with reefs
; Elevation extremes:
  • Lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
Highest point: Mont Orohena 2,241 m
; Natural resources:
Timber, fish, cobalt, hydropower
; Land use:
  • Arable land: 1%
Permanent crops: 6%
Permanent pastures: 5%
Forests and woodland: 31%
Other: 57% (1993 est.)
; Irrigated land:
NA km²
; Natural hazards:
Occasional cyclonic storms in January
; Environment - current issues:
NA
; Geography - note:
Includes five archipelagoes; Makatea in French Polynesia is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean - the others are Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati and Nauru

See also: French Polynesia