Geography Of Norfolk Island

Location	Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Australia
Geographic coordinates	29 02 S, 167 57 E
Map references	oceania
Area	total: 34.6 sq km water: 0 sq km land: 34.6 sq km
Area comparative	about 0.2 times the size of Washington, DC
Land boundaries	0 km
Coastline	32 km
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
Climate	subtropical; mild, little seasonal temperature variation
Terrain	volcanic formation with mostly rolling plains
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: Mount Bates 319 m
Natural resources	fish
Land use	arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2001)
Irrigated land	NA sq km
Natural hazards	typhoons (especially May to July)
Environment - current issues	NA
Environment - international agreements
Geography note	most of the 32-km coastline consists of almost inaccessible cliffs, but the land slopes down to the sea in one small southern area on Sydney Bay, where the capital of Kingston is situated

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

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