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Area > Comparative about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC
Area > Comparative to US places about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC
Definition: Geography > Area > Comparative to US places
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Area > Land	47 sq km		[225th of 238]
Definition: Geography > Area > Land
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Area > Total	47 sq km		[237th of 250]
Definition: Geography > Area > Total
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Area > Water	0 sq km		[218th of 239]
Definition: Geography > Area > Water
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Climate tropical; hot and humid; modified by southeast trade winds; rainy season (November to March)
Definition: Geography > Climate
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Coastline	51 km		[196th of 271]
Definition: Geography > Coastline
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Elevation extremes > Highest point	Pawala Valley Ridge 347 m
Definition: Geography > Elevation extremes > Highest point
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Elevation extremes > Lowest point	Pacific Ocean 0 m
Definition: Geography > Elevation extremes > Lowest point
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Geographic coordinates	25 04 S, 130 06 W
Definition: Geography > Geographic coordinates
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Geography > Note Britain's most isolated dependency; only the larger island of Pitcairn is inhabited but it has no port or natural harbor; supplies must be transported by rowed longboat from larger ships stationed offshore
Definition: Geography > Geography > Note
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Location Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about midway between Peru and New Zealand
Definition: Geography > Location
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Map references Oceania
Definition: Geography > Map references
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Maritime claims > Exclusive economic zone	200 nautical mile		[76th of 123]
Definition: Geography > Maritime claims > Exclusive economic zone
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Maritime claims > Territorial sea	3 nautical mile		[187th of 191]
Definition: Geography > Maritime claims > Territorial sea
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Natural hazards typhoons (especially November to March)
Definition: Geography > Natural hazards
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Natural resources miro trees (used for handicrafts), fish; note: manganese, iron, copper, gold, silver, and zinc have been discovered offshore
Definition: Geography > Natural resources
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Population density	1.04 people per sqkm		[228th of 256]
Definition: Geography > Population density
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Terrain rugged volcanic formation; rocky coastline with cliffs
Definition: Geography > Terrain
Source: Heal The World Foundation.

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