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French Polynesia Geography 1998 https://greekorthodoxchurch.org/wfb1998/french_polynesia/french_polynesia_geography.html SOURCE: 1998 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK Location Oceania, archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from South America to Australia Geographic coordinates 15 00 S, 140 00 W Map references Oceania Area
Area - comparative slightly less than one-third the size of Connecticut Land boundaries 0 km Coastline 2,525 km Maritime claims
Climate tropical, but moderate Terrain mixture of rugged high islands and low islands with reefs Elevation extremes
Natural resources timber, fish, cobalt Land use
Irrigated land NA sq km Natural hazards occasional cyclonic storms in January Environment - current issues NA Environment - international agreements
Geography - note
includes five archipelagoes; Makatea in French Polynesia is one of the
three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean - the others are Banaba
(Ocean Island) in Kiribati and Nauru
NOTE: The information regarding French Polynesia on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of French Polynesia Geography 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about French Polynesia Geography 1998 should be addressed to the CIA. |