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Niue Geography:
Location:
Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Tonga
Geographic coordinates:
19 02 S, 169 52 W
Map references:
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:
total: 0 km
border countries: NA
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 68 m near Mutalau settlement
Natural resources:
Fish, arable land
Land use:
arable land: 15.38%
permanent crops: 11.54%
other: 73.08%
(2001)
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
signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea (not ratified
Geography - Note:
One of world's largest coral islands |

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