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Geography Of Solomon Islands

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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