Geography Of The Cook Islands

Southern Cook Islands

• Aitutaki
• Atiu
• Mangaia
• Manuae
• Mauke
• Mitiaro
• Palmerston Island
• Rarotonga (capital)
• Takutea

Northern Cook Islands

• Manihiki
• Nassau
• Penrhyn Island also known as Tongareva or Mangarongaro
• Pukapuka
• Rakahanga
• Suwarrow

Location

Geography

Geographic coordinates:

Map references:

Oceania

Area:

• Total: 240 km²

• Land: 240 km²

• Water: 0 km²

Area - comparative:

1.3 times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries:

0 km

Coastline:

120 km

Maritime claims:

• Continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin

• Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

• Territorial sea: 12 nm

Climate:

Tropical; moderated by trade winds

Terrain:

Low coral atolls in north; volcanic, hilly islands in south

Elevation extremes:

• Lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m

• Highest point: Te Manga 652 m

Natural resources:

NEGL

Land use:

• Arable land: 9%

• Permanent crops: 13%

• Permanent pastures: 0%

• Forests and woodland: 0%

• Other: 78% (1993 est.)

Irrigated land:

NA km²

Natural hazards:

Typhoons (November to March)

Environment - current issues:

NA

Environment - international agreements:

• Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Law of the Sea

• Signed, but not ratified: Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol

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