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Location: Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of Australia Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...
Oceania is a geographical (often geopolitical) region consisting of numerous countries and territories – mostly islands – in the Pacific Ocean. ...
Geographic coordinates: 41°00′S 174°00′E
Map references: Oceania
Area:
total: 268,680 km²
note: includes Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, Bounty Islands, Campbell Island group, Chatham Islands, and Kermadec Islands To help compare orders of magnitude of different geographical regions, we list here surface areas between 100,000 km² and 1,000,000 km². ...
The Antipodes Islands are an inhospitable uninhabited island group to the south of—and territorially part of—New Zealand. ...
The Auckland Islands (50°42′ S 166°5′ E) form a sub-antarctic archipelago of New Zealand. ...
The Bounty Islands (47°42′ S 179°04′ E) are a small group of 13 islets and numerous rocks in the south Pacific Ocean which are territorially part of New Zealand. ...
The Campbell Island group (or Campbell Islands) is a group of sub-antarctic islands, belonging to New Zealand. ...
The Chatham Islands from space. ...
The Kermadec Islands are an island arc in the Pacific Ocean. ...
Area - comparative: about the size of the United Kingdom, Italy, or Colorado State nickname: The Centennial State Official languages English Capital Denver Largest city Denver Governor Bill Owens (R) Senators Wayne Allard (R) Ken Salazar (D) Area - Total - % water Ranked 8th 269,837 km² 0. ...
Land boundaries: 0 km
Coastline:
15,134 km To help compare different orders of magnitude, this page lists lengths starting at 107 m (10,000 km). ...
Maritime claims:
continental shelf: 200 nautical miles (370 km) or to the edge of the continental margin
exclusive economic zone: 200 nautical miles (370 km)
territorial sea: 12 nautical miles (22 km) A nautical mile is a unit of length. ...
Climate: temperate with sharp regional contrasts In geography, temperate latitudes of the globe lie between the tropics and the polar circles. ...
Terrain: predominantly mountainous with some large coastal plains
Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Cook 3,754 m Aoraki/Mount Cook is the highest mountain in New Zealand. ...
Natural resources: natural gas, iron ore, sand, coal, timber, hydropower, gold, limestone, Oil, Silver, Jade Natural gas (commonly refered to as gas in many countries, but note that gas is also an American and Canadian shortening of gasoline) is a gaseous fossil fuel consisting primarily of methane. ...
This heap of iron ore pellets will be used in steel production. ...
Patterns in the sand Sand is an example of a class of materials called granular matter. ...
Coal is a fossil fuel extracted from the ground by deep mining, coal mining (open-pit mining or strip mining). ...
Timber Timber is a term used to describe wood that has been processed for use —from the time trees are felled, to its end product as a material suitable for industrial use —such as structural material for construction or wood pulp for paper production. ...
Hydraulic turbine and electrical generator. ...
General Name, Symbol, Number gold, Au, 79 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 6, d Appearance metallic yellow Atomic mass 196. ...
Limey shale overlaid by limestone. ...
Oil is a generic term for organic liquids that are not miscible with water. ...
General Name, Symbol, Number silver, Ag, 47 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 5, d Appearance lustrous white metal Atomic mass 107. ...
A selection of antique, hand-crafted Chinese jadeite jade buttons Jade An ornamental stone, jade is a name applied to two different silicate minerals. ...
Land use:
arable land: 5.8%
permanent crops: 6.44%
other: 87.76% (1993 est.) In geography, arable land (from Latin arare, to plough ) is a form of agricultural land use, meaning land that can be (and is) used for growing crops. ...
Irrigated land: 2,850 km² (1998 est.) High-altitude aerial view of irrigation in the Heart of the Sahara Irrigation (in agriculture) is the replacement or supplementation of rainfall with water from another source in order to grow crops. ...
Natural hazards: earthquakes are common, though usually not severe; volcanic activity Global earthquake epicenters, 1963–1998 An earthquake is a sudden and sometimes catastrophic movement of a part of the Earths surface. ...
This article is about volcanoes in geology. ...
Environment - current issues: deforestation; water pollution; soil erosion; native flora and fauna hard-hit by introduced species. Deforestation is the conversion of forested areas to non-forest. ...
Water pollution has many sources and characteristics. ...
Severe soil erosion in a wheat field near Washington State University, USA. Erosion is the displacement of solids (soil, mud, rock, and so forth) by the agents of wind, water, ice, or movement in response to gravity. ...
Environment - international agreements:
party to: Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Basel Convention Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: Antarctic Seals, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Marine Life Conservation The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, also known as the Antarctic-Environmental Protocol is part of the Antarctic Treaty System. ...
The Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources is part of the Antarctic Treaty System. ...
For the Antarctic Treaty from the Gundam anime, see Antarctic Treaty (Gundam) The Antarctic Treaty and related agreements, collectively called the Antarctic Treaty System or ATS, regulate the international relations with respect to Antarctica, Earths only uninhabited continent. ...
In full, Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal. ...
The Convention on Biological Diversity is an international treaty that was adopted at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. ...
UNFCCC logo. ...
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa opened for signature - October 14, 1994 entered into force - December 26, 1996 objective - to combat desertification and mitigate the effects of drought through national action programs that incorporate long-term strategies supported...
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is an international agreement between Governments, drafted as a result of a resolution adopted in 1963 at a meeting of members of the World Conservation Union (IUCN). ...
note - abbreviated as Environmental Modification opened for signature - December 10, 1976 entered into force - October 5, 1978 objective - to prohibit the military or other hostile use of environmental modification techniques in order to further world peace and trust among nations parties - (66) Afghanistan, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria...
In full, Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal. ...
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea Opened for signature ??? at ??? Entered into force November 16, 1994[1] Conditions for entry into force 60 ratifications Parties 149[2] The term United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea (UNCLOS, also called simply the Law of the Sea or...
Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping Wastes and Other Matter (London Convention) note - abbreviated as Marine Dumping opened for signature - 29 December 1972 entered into force - 30 August 1975 objective - to control pollution of the sea by dumping and to encourage regional agreements supplementary to the Convention...
The Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space, and Under Water, often abbreviated as the Partial Test Ban Treaty (PTBT), Limited Test Ban Treaty (LTBT), or Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (NTBT), although the former also refers to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), is a treaty...
The Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer is an international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer from depletion by phasing out the production of a number of substances believed to be responsible for ozone depletion. ...
Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping Wastes and Other Matter (London Convention) note - abbreviated as Marine Dumping opened for signature - 29 December 1972 entered into force - 30 August 1975 objective - to control pollution of the sea by dumping and to encourage regional agreements supplementary to the Convention...
note - abbreviated as Tropical Timber 83 opened for signature - November 18, 1983 entered into force - April 1, 1985; this agreement expired when the International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994, went into force. ...
note - abbreviated as Tropical Timber 94 opened for signature - January 26, 1994 entered into force - January 1, 1997 objective - to ensure that by the year 2000 exports of tropical timber originate from sustainably managed sources; to establish a fund to assist tropical timber producers in obtaining the resources necessary to...
The Ramsar Convention is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands, i. ...
The International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling is an international agreement (see environmental agreement) signed in 1946 designed to make whaling sustainable. ...
The Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals is part of the Antarctic Treaty System. ...
Kyoto Protocol Opened for signature December 11, 1997 at Kyoto, Japan Entered into force February 16, 2005. ...
opened for signature - 29 April 1958 entered into force - 20 March 1966 objective - to solve through international cooperation the problems involved in the conservation of living resources of the high seas, considering that because of the development of modern technology some of these resources are in danger of being overexploited...
Geography - notes:
 Topography of New Zealand Wellington is the southernmost national capital in the world. Download high resolution version (540x696, 85 KB)Topography of New Zealand for image description see here for larger version see here Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech File links The following pages link to this file: Geography of New Zealand Categories: NASA images ...
Download high resolution version (540x696, 85 KB)Topography of New Zealand for image description see here for larger version see here Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech File links The following pages link to this file: Geography of New Zealand Categories: NASA images ...
Alternative meanings at Wellington (disambiguation) A view of Wellington from the top of Mount Victoria. ...
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