| COOK ISLANDER GEOGRAPHY STATS: |
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Area > Comparative
1.3 times the size of Washington, DC |
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Coastline
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120 km
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[167th of 249]
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Elevation extremes > Highest point
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Te Manga 652 m |
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Elevation extremes > Lowest point
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Pacific Ocean 0 m |
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Forested Land
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95.7% |
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[1st of 193]
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Geographic coordinates
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21 14 S, 159 46 W |
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Geography > Note
the northern Cook Islands are seven low-lying, sparsely populated, coral atolls; the southern Cook Islands, where most of the population lives, consist of eight elevated, fertile, volcanic isles, including the largest, Rarotonga, at 67 sq km |
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Land use > Arable land
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16.67 %
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[74th of 241]
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Land use > Other
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75 %
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[176th of 241]
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Land use > Permanent crops
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8.33 %
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[40th of 241]
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Location
Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand |
Map references
Oceania |
Maritime claims > Continental shelf
200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin |
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Maritime claims > Exclusive economic zone
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200 nm
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[42nd of 121]
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Maritime claims > Territorial sea
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12 nm
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[39th of 190]
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Natural hazards
typhoons (November to March) |
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Natural resources
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NEGL |
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Population density
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84.17 people per sqkm |
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[107th of 256]
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tallest mountains > Mountain
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Te Manga |
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Terrain
low coral atolls in north; volcanic, hilly islands in south |
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