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French Polynesia > Geography (Facts)
| French Polynesia - Geography (Facts) |
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| Location: |
Oceania, archipelagoes in the South Pacific Ocean about one-half of the way from South America to Australia |
| Geographic coordinates: |
15 00 S, 140 00 W |
| Map references: |
Oceania |
| Area: |
total: 4,167 sq km (118 islands and atolls)
land: 3,660 sq km
water: 507 sq km |
| Area - comparative: |
slightly less than one-third the size of Connecticut |
| Land boundaries: |
0 km |
| Coastline: |
2,525 km |
| Maritime claims: |
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
| Climate: |
tropical, but moderate |
| Terrain: |
mixture of rugged high islands and low islands with reefs |
| Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Orohena 2,241 m |
| Natural resources: |
timber, fish, cobalt, hydropower |
| Land use: |
arable land: 0.75%
permanent crops: 5.5%
other: 93.75% (2005) |
| Irrigated land: |
10 sq km (2003) |
| Natural hazards: |
occasional cyclonic storms in January |
| Environment - current issues: |
NA |
| Geography - note: |
includes five archipelagoes (4 volcanic, 1 coral); Makatea in French Polynesia is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean - the others are Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati and Nauru |
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