Geography Of New Zealand

Location	Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of Australia
Geographic coordinates	41 00 S, 174 00 E
Map references	oceania
Area	total: 268,680 sq km note: includes Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, Bounty Islands, Campbell Island, Chatham Islands, and Kermadec Islands water: NA sq km land: NA sq km
Area comparative	about the size of Colorado
Land boundaries	0 km
Coastline	15,134 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	temperate with sharp regional contrasts
Terrain	predominately mountainous with some large coastal plains
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: Aoraki-Mount Cook 3,754 m
Natural resources	natural gas, iron ore, sand, coal, timber, hydropower, gold, limestone
Land use	arable land: 5.6% permanent crops: 6.99% other: 87.41% (2001)
Irrigated land	2,850 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards	earthquakes are common, though usually not severe; volcanic activity
Environment - current issues	deforestation; soil erosion; native flora and fauna hard-hit by species introduced from outside
Environment - international agreements	party to: Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: Antarctic Seals, Marine Life Conservation
Geography note	about 80% of the population lives in cities; Wellington is the southernmost national capital in the world

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This information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.

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