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<title>
Palau (US): Geography
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the (Palau)
Geography</hdr><body>
<p>Location: in the North Pacific Ocean, 850 km southeast of the
Philippines
</p>
<list>
<l>Area:</l>
<l> total area: 458 km2</l>
<l> land area: 458 km2</l>
<l> comparative area: slightly more than 2.5 times the size of
Washington, DC</l>
</list>
<p>Land boundaries: 0 km
</p>
<p>Coastline: 1,519 km
</p>
<list>
<l>Maritime claims:</l>
<l> contiguous zone: 24 nm</l>
<l> continental shelf: 200 m or depth of exploitation</l>
<l> exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm</l>
<l> territorial sea: 12 nm</l>
</list>
<p>International disputes: none
</p>
<p>Climate: wet season May to November; hot and humid
</p>
<p>Terrain: about 200 islands varying geologically from the high,
mountainous main island of Babelthuap to low, coral islands
usually fringed by large barrier reefs
</p>
<p>Natural resources: forests, minerals (especially gold), marine
products, deep-seabed minerals
</p>
<list>
<l>Land use:</l>
<l> arable land: NA%</l>
<l> permanent crops: NA%</l>
<l> meadows and pastures: NA%</l>
<l> forest and woodland: NA%</l>
<l> other: NA%</l>
</list>
<p>Irrigated land: NA km2
</p>
<p>Environment: subject to typhoons from June to December;
archipelago of six island groups totaling over 200 islands in
the Caroline chain
</p>
<p>Note: includes World War II battleground of Peleliu and
world-famous rock islands
</p></body></article></text>