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Geography of the Cook Islands

The Cook Islands can be divided into two groups.
		

Table of contents
1 Southern Cook Islands
2 Northern Cook Islands
3 Location
4 Geography

Southern Cook Islands

Northern Cook Islands

Location

Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand

Geography

; Geographic coordinates:
21 14 S, 159 46 W
; Map references:
Oceania
; Area:
  • Total: 240 km²
Land: 240 km²
Water: 0 km²
; Area - comparative:
1.3 times the size of Washington, DC
; Land boundaries:
0 km
; Coastline:
120 km
; Maritime claims:
  • Continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Territorial sea: 12 nm
; Climate:
Tropical; moderated by trade winds
; Terrain:
Low coral atolls in north; volcanic, hilly islands in south
; Elevation extremes:
  • Lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
Highest point: Te Manga 652 m
; Natural resources:
NEGL
; Land use:
  • Arable land: 9%
Permanent crops: 13%
Permanent pastures: 0%
Forests and woodland: 0%
Other: 78% (1993 est.)
; Irrigated land:
NA km²
; Natural hazards:
Typhoons (November to March)
; Environment - current issues:
NA
; Environment - international agreements:
  • Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Law of the Sea
Signed, but not ratified: Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol

See also: Cook Islands