Geography Of Niue

Location	Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Tonga
Geographic coordinates	19 02 S, 169 52 W
Map references	oceania
Area	total: 260 sq km water: 0 sq km land: 260 sq km
Area comparative	1.5 times the size of Washington, DC
Land boundaries	0 km
Coastline	64 km
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Climate	tropical; modified by southeast trade winds
Terrain	steep limestone cliffs along coast, central plateau
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location near Mutalau settlement 68 m
Natural resources	fish, arable land
Land use	arable land: 15.38% permanent crops: 11.54% other: 73.08% (2001)
Irrigated land	NA sq km
Natural hazards	typhoons
Environment - current issues	increasing attention to conservationist practices to counter loss of soil fertility from traditional slash and burn agriculture
Environment - international agreements	party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea
Geography note	one of world's largest coral islands

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

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