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| Location | Oceania, island group in the South Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand |
| Geographic coordinates | 18 00 S, 175 00 E |
| Map references | oceania |
| Area |
total: 18,270 sq km water: 0 sq km land: 18,270 sq km |
| Area comparative | slightly smaller than New Jersey |
| Land boundaries | 0 km |
| Coastline | 1,129 km |
| Maritime claims | measured from claimed archipelagic straight baselines
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation; rectilinear shelf claim added exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm |
| Climate | tropical marine; only slight seasonal temperature variation |
| Terrain | mostly mountains of volcanic origin |
| Elevation extremes |
lowest point: pacific ocean 0 m highest point: tomanivi 1,324 m |
| Natural resources | timber, fish, gold, copper, offshore oil potential, hydropower |
| Land use |
arable land: 10.95% permanent crops: 4.65% other: 84.4% (2001) |
| Irrigated land | 30 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards | cyclonic storms can occur from November to January |
| Environment - current issues | deforestation; soil erosion |
| Environment - international agreements |
party to: biodiversity, climate change, climate change-kyoto protocol, desertification, endangered species, law of the sea, marine life conservation, ozone layer protection, tropical timber 83, tropical timber 94 signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
| Geography note | includes 332 islands of which approximately 110 are inhabited |
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