Location:
Oceania, island group in the North Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to Indonesia
Geographic coordinates:
6 55 N, 158 15 E
Map references:
Oceania
Area:
Area - comparative: Land boundaries:
0 km
Coastline: Maritime claims:
Climate: Terrain: Elevation extremes:
Natural resources: Land use:
Irrigated land: Natural hazards: Environment - current issues: Environment - international agreements:
Geography - note:
total:
702 sq km
country comparison to the world: 191
land:
702 sq km
water:
0 sq km (fresh water only)
note:
includes Pohnpei (Ponape), Chuuk (Truk) Islands, Yap Islands, and Kosrae (Kosaie)
four times the size of Washington, DC (land area only)
[see also: Land boundaries country ranks ]
6,112 km
[see also: Coastline country ranks ]
territorial sea:
12 nm
exclusive economic zone:
200 nm
tropical; heavy year-round rainfall, especially in the eastern islands; located on southern edge of the typhoon belt with occasionally severe damage
islands vary geologically from high mountainous islands to low, coral atolls; volcanic outcroppings on Pohnpei, Kosrae, and Chuuk
lowest point:
Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Dolohmwar (Totolom) 791 m
timber, marine products, deep-seabed minerals, phosphate
arable land:
2.86%
permanent crops:
24.29%
other:
72.86% (2011)
NA
[see also: Irrigated land country ranks ]
typhoons (June to December)
overfishing, climate change, pollution
party to:
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection
signed, but not ratified:
none of the selected agreements
four major island groups totaling 607 islands