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<text>
<title>
Cook Islands (NZ): Geography
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Cook Islands
Geography</hdr><body>
<p>Location: Oceania, 4,500 km south of Hawaii in the South
Pacific Ocean, about halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand
</p>
<list>
<l>Area:</l>
<l> total area: 240 km2</l>
<l> land area: 240 km2</l>
<l> comparative area: slightly less than 1.3 times the size of
Washington, DC</l>
</list>
<p>Land boundaries: 0 km
</p>
<p>Coastline: 120 km
</p>
<list>
<l>Maritime claims:</l>
<l> continental shelf: 200 nm or the edge of continental
margin</l>
<l> exclusive economic zone: 200 nm</l>
<l> territorial sea: 12 nm</l>
</list>
<p>International disputes: none
</p>
<p>Climate: tropical; moderated by trade winds
</p>
<p>Terrain: low coral atolls in north; volcanic, hilly islands in
south
</p>
<p>Natural resources: negligible
</p>
<list>
<l>Land use:</l>
<l> arable land: 4%</l>
<l> permanent crops: 22%</l>
<l> meadows and pastures: 0%</l>
<l> forest and woodland: 0%</l>
<l> other: 74%</l>
</list>
<p>Irrigated land: NA km2
</p>
<p>Environment: subject to typhoons from November to March
</p></body></article></text>