Fiji: Geography

The World Factbook 1993: Fiji Geography

Location: Oceania, 2,500 km north of New Zealand in the South Pacific Ocean

Area: total area: 18,270 km2 land area: 18,270 km2 comparative area: slightly smaller than New Jersey

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 1,129 km

Maritime claims: (measured from claimed archipelagic baselines) continental shelf: 200 m depth or to depth of exploitation; rectilinear shelf claim added exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm

International disputes: none

Climate: tropical marine; only slight seasonal temperature variation

Terrain: mostly mountains of volcanic origin

Natural resources: timber, fish, gold, copper, offshore oil potential

Land use: arable land: 8% permanent crops: 5% meadows and pastures: 3% forest and woodland: 65% other: 19%

Irrigated land: 10 km2 (1989 est.)

Environment: subject to hurricanes from November to January; includes 332 islands of which approximately 110 are inhabited