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| Location | Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Papua New Guinea |
| Geographic coordinates | 8 00 S, 159 00 E |
| Map references | oceania |
| Area |
total: 28,450 sq km water: 910 sq km land: 27,540 sq km |
| Area comparative | slightly smaller than Maryland |
| Land boundaries | 0 km |
| Coastline | 5,313 km |
| Maritime claims | measured from claimed archipelagic baselines
continental shelf: 200 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm |
| Climate | tropical monsoon; few extremes of temperature and weather |
| Terrain | mostly rugged mountains with some low coral atolls |
| Elevation extremes |
lowest point: pacific ocean 0 m highest point: mount makarakomburu 2,447 m |
| Natural resources | fish, forests, gold, bauxite, phosphates, lead, zinc, nickel |
| Land use |
arable land: 0.64% permanent crops: 2% other: 97.36% (2001) |
| Irrigated land | NA sq km |
| Natural hazards | typhoons, but rarely destructive; geologically active region with frequent earth tremors; volcanic activity |
| Environment - current issues | deforestation; soil erosion; many of the surrounding coral reefs are dead or dying |
| Environment - international agreements |
party to: biodiversity, climate change, climate change-kyoto protocol, desertification, environmental modification, law of the sea, marine dumping, marine life conservation, ozone layer protection, whaling signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
| Geography note | strategic location on sea routes between the South Pacific Ocean, the Solomon Sea, and the Coral Sea |
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