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French Polynesia on Yahoo!
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French Polynesia Geography:
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:
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:
total: 0 km
border countries: NA
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: 0.82%
permanent crops: 5.46%
other: 93.72%
(2001)
Irrigated land:
NA
Natural hazards:
Occasional cyclonic storms in January
Environment - current issues:
NA
Environment - international agreements:
party to: NA
signed, but not ratified: 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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