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French Polynesia (overseas territory of France) Geography 1999
Location: Oceania, archipelago 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:
Areacomparative: slightly less than one-third the size of Connecticut Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 2,525 km
Maritime claims:
Climate: tropical, but moderate Terrain: mixture of rugged high islands and low islands with reefs
Elevation extremes:
Natural resources: timber, fish, cobalt
Land use:
Irrigated land: NA sq km Natural hazards: occasional cyclonic storms in January Environmentcurrent issues: NA
Environmentinternational agreements:
Geographynote: includes five archipelagoes; Makatea in French Polynesia is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Oceanthe others are Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati and Nauru
Revised 1-Mar-99 Copyright © 1999 Photius Coutsoukis (all rights reserved) |