Geography Of Cook Islands

Location	Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand
Geographic coordinates	21 14 S, 159 46 W
Map references	oceania
Area	total: 240 sq km water: 0 sq km land: 240 sq km
Area comparative	1.3 times the size of Washington, DC
Land boundaries	0 km
Coastline	120 km
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin exclusive economic zone: 200 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: 17.39% permanent crops: 13.04% other: 69.57% (2001)
Irrigated land	NA sq km
Natural hazards	typhoons (November to March)
Environment - current issues	NA
Environment - international agreements	party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Law of the Sea signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Geography note	the northern Cook Islands are seven low-lying, sparsely populated, coral atolls; the southern Cook Islands consist of eight elevated, fertile, volcanic isles where most of the populace lives

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