| Location: |
Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Tonga |
| Geographic coordinates: |
19 02 S, 169 52 W |
| Map references: |
Oceania |
| Area: |
total: 260 sq km
land: 260 sq km
water: 0 sq km |
| Area - comparative: |
1.5 times the size of Washington, DC |
| Land boundaries: |
0 km |
| Coastline: |
64 km |
| Maritime claims: |
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
| Climate: |
tropical; modified by southeast trade winds |
| Terrain: |
steep limestone cliffs along coast, central plateau |
| Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location near Mutalau settlement 68 m |
| Natural resources: |
fish, arable land |
| Land use: |
arable land: 11.54%
permanent crops: 15.38%
other: 73.08% (2005) |
| Irrigated land: |
NA |
| Natural hazards: |
typhoons |
| Environment - current issues: |
increasing attention to conservationist practices to counter loss of soil fertility from traditional slash and burn agriculture |
| Environment - international agreements: |
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Law of the Sea
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
| Geography - note: |
one of world's largest coral islands |
