Oceania, island group consisting of nine coral atolls in the South Pacific Ocean, about half way from Hawaii to Australia
8 00 S, 178 00 E
Oceania
total: 26 sq km
land: 26 sq km
water: 0 sq km
comparison ranking
0.1 times the size of Washington, DC
Area comparison maptotal: 0 km
24 km
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
tropical; moderated by easterly trade winds (March to November); westerly gales and heavy rain (November to March)
low-lying and narrow coral atolls
highest point: unnamed location 5 m
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
mean elevation: 2 m
fish, coconut (copra)
agricultural land: 60% (2018 est.)
arable land: 0% (2018 est.)
permanent crops: 60% (2018 est.)
permanent pasture: 0% (2018 est.)
forest: 33.3% (2018 est.)
other: 6.7% (2018 est.)
0 sq km (2022)
over half of the population resides on the atoll of Funafuti
severe tropical storms are usually rare, but in 1997 there were three cyclones; low levels of islands make them sensitive to changes in sea level
one of the smallest and most remote countries on Earth; six of the nine coral atolls - Nanumea, Nui, Vaitupu, Nukufetau, Funafuti, and Nukulaelae - have lagoons open to the ocean; Nanumaya and Niutao have landlocked lagoons; Niulakita does not have a lagoon
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