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The Cook Islands can be divided into two groups.1 Southern Cook Islands
2 Northern Cook Islands
3 Location
Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand
4 Geography
- Geographic coordinates:
- 21 14 S, 159 46 W
- Map references:
- Oceania
- Area:
- Total: 240 kmē
- Land: 240 kmē
- Water: 0 kmē
- Area - comparative:
- 1.3 times the size of Washington, DC
- Land boundaries:
- 0 km
- Coastline:
- 120 km
- Maritime claims:
- Continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
- Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
- Territorial sea: 12 nm
- Climate:
- Tropical; moderated by trade winds
- Terrain:
- Low coral atolls in north; volcanic, hilly islands in south
- Elevation extremes:
- Lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
- Highest point: Te Manga 652 m
- Natural resources:
- NEGL
- Land use:
- Arable land: 9%
- Permanent crops: 13%
- Permanent pastures: 0%
- Forests and woodland: 0%
- Other: 78% (1993 est.)
- Irrigated land:
- NA kmē
- Natural hazards:
- Typhoons (November to March)
- Environment - current issues:
- NA
- Environment - international agreements:
- 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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