Location:
Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Australia
Geographic coordinates:
29 02 S, 167 57 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: Geography - note:
total:
36 sq km
country comparison to the world: 235
land:
36 sq km
water:
0 sq km
about 0.2 times the size of Washington, DC
[see also: Land boundaries country ranks ]
32 km
[see also: Coastline country ranks ]
territorial sea:
12 nm
exclusive fishing zone:
200 nm
subtropical; mild, little seasonal temperature variation
volcanic formation with mostly rolling plains
lowest point:
Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Mount Bates 319 m
fish
arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (2011)
NA
[see also: Irrigated land country ranks ]
typhoons (especially May to July)
NA
most of the 32 km coastline consists of almost inaccessible cliffs, but the land slopes down to the sea in one small southern area on Sydney Bay, where the capital of Kingston is situated