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French Polynesia Geography - 2002 https://greekorthodoxchurch.org/wfb2002/french_polynesia/french_polynesia_geography.html SOURCE: 2002 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, hydropower Land use
Irrigated land NA sq km Natural hazards occasional cyclonic storms in January Environment - current issues NA 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 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of French Polynesia Geography 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about French Polynesia Geography 2002 should be addressed to the CIA. |