Location: Oceania, Polynesia, 460 km east of Tonga in the South Pacific Ocean

Map references: Oceania

Area:
total area: 260 sq km
land area: 260 sq km
comparative area: slightly less than 1.5 times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 64 km

Maritime claims:
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm

International disputes: none

Climate: tropical; modified by southeast trade winds

Terrain: steep limestone cliffs along coast, central plateau

Natural resources: fish, arable land

Land use:
arable land: 61%
permanent crops: 4%
meadows and pastures: 4%
forest and woodland: 19%
other: 12%

Irrigated land: NA sq km

Environment:
current issues: NA
natural hazards: subject to typhoons
international agreements: signed, but not ratified - Law of the Sea

Note: one of world's largest coral islands

NOTE: The information regarding Niue on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Niue Geography 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Niue Geography 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.