Geography of the Cook Islands
- Geography of the Cook Islands
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The Cook Islands can be divided into two groups: the Southern Cook Islands and the Northern Cook Islands.
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
- 21°14′S 159°46′W / 21.233°S 159.767°W / -21.233; -159.767
- Map references
- Oceania
- Area
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- Total: 240 km2 (93 sq mi)
- Land: 240 km²
- Water: 0 km2 (0 sq mi)
- Area - comparative
- 1.3 times the size of Washington, DC
- Land boundaries
- 0 km (0 mi)
- Coastline
- 120 km (75 mi)
- Maritime claims
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- Continental shelf: 200 nmi (370.4 km; 230.2 mi) or to the edge of the continental margin
- Exclusive economic zone: 200 nmi (370.4 km; 230.2 mi)
- Territorial sea: 12 nmi (22.2 km; 13.8 mi)
- Climate
- Tropical; moderated by trade winds
- Terrain
- Low coral atolls in north; volcanic, hilly islands in south
- Elevation extremes
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- Lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m (0 ft)
- Highest point: Te Manga 652 m (2,139 ft)
- Natural resources
- 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
- NA km²
- Natural hazards
- Typhoons (November to March)
- Environment - current issues
- 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
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