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Geography of the Cook Islands - Definition and Overview |
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The Cook Islands can be divided into two groups.
Southern Cook Islands
Northern Cook Islands
Location
Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand
Geography
- Geographic coordinates
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- 21 14 S, 159 46 W
- Map references
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- Oceania
- Area
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- Total: 240 km²
- Land: 240 km²
- Water: 0 km²
- Area - comparative
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- 1.3 times the size of Washington, DC
- Land boundaries
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- 0 km
- Coastline
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- 120 km
- Maritime claims
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- Continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
- Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
- Territorial sea: 12 nm
- Climate
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- Tropical; moderated by trade winds
- Terrain
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- Low coral atolls in north; volcanic, hilly islands in south
- Elevation extremes
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- Lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
- Highest point: Te Manga 652 m
- Natural resources
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- NEGL
- Land use
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- Arable land: 9%
- Permanent crops: 13%
- Permanent pastures: 0%
- Forests and woodland: 0%
- Other: 78% (1993 est.)
- Irrigated land
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- NA km²
- Natural hazards
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- Typhoons (November to March)
- Environment - current issues
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- NA
- Environment - international agreements
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- Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Law of the Sea
- Signed, but not ratified: Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol
See also: Cook Islands
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