Fiji
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Introduction - Fiji: | Location - Fiji: | Location | Oceania, island group in the South Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand | | Geographic coordinates | 18 00 S, 175 00 E | | Map references | Oceania | | Area | total: 18,270 sq km
land: 18,270 sq km
water: 0 sq km | | Area comparative | slightly smaller than New Jersey | | Land boundaries | 0 km | | Coastline | 1,129 km | | Maritime claims | measured from claimed archipelagic straight baselines
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation; rectilinear shelf claim added | | Climate | tropical marine; only slight seasonal temperature variation | | Terrain | mostly mountains of volcanic origin | | Elevation extremes | lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Tomanivi 1,324 m | | Natural resources | timber, fish, gold, copper, offshore oil potential, hydropower | | Land use | arable land: 10.95%
permanent crops: 4.65%
other: 84.4% (2005) | | Irrigated land | 30 sq km (2003) | | Natural hazards | cyclonic storms can occur from November to January | | Environment current issues | deforestation; soil erosion | | Environment international agreements | party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements | | Geography note | includes 332 islands; approximately 110 are inhabited | |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |