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Area > Comparative about 0.2 times the size of Washington, DC
Area > Land	34.6 sq km		[226th of 238]
Area > Total	34.6 sq km		[238th of 250]
Area > Water	0 sq km		[239th of 239]
Climate subtropical; mild, little seasonal temperature variation
Coastline	32 km		[206th of 271]
Elevation extremes > Highest point	Mount Bates 319 m
Elevation extremes > Lowest point	Pacific Ocean 0 m
Geographic coordinates	29 02 S, 167 57 E
Geography > Note 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
Land use > Arable land	0%		[242nd of 258]
Land use > Permanent crops	0%		[242nd of 258]
Location Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Australia
Map references Oceania
Maritime claims > Territorial sea	12 nautical mile		[171st of 191]
Natural hazards typhoons (especially May to July)
Natural resources	fish
Population density	55.06 people per sqkm		[135th of 256]
tallest mountains > Mountain	Mount Bates
Terrain volcanic formation with mostly rolling plains

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