Micronesia, Federated States of
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Introduction - Micronesia, Federated States of: | Location - Micronesia, Federated States of: | Location | Oceania, island group in the North Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to Indonesia | | Geographic coordinates | 6 55 N, 158 15 E | | Map references | Oceania | | Area | total: 702 sq km
land: 702 sq km
water: 0 sq km (fresh water only)
note: includes Pohnpei (Ponape), Chuuk (Truk) Islands, Yap Islands, and Kosrae (Kosaie) | | Area comparative | four times the size of Washington, DC (land area only) | | Land boundaries | 0 km | | Coastline | 6,112 km | | Maritime claims | territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm | | Climate | tropical; heavy year-round rainfall, especially in the eastern islands; located on southern edge of the typhoon belt with occasionally severe damage | | Terrain | islands vary geologically from high mountainous islands to low, coral atolls; volcanic outcroppings on Pohnpei, Kosrae, and Chuuk | | Elevation extremes | lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Dolohmwar (Totolom) 791 m | | Natural resources | forests, marine products, deep-seabed minerals, phosphate | | Land use | arable land: 5.71%
permanent crops: 45.71%
other: 48.58% (2005) | | Irrigated land | NA | | Natural hazards | typhoons (June to December) | | Environment current issues | overfishing, climate change, pollution | | Environment international agreements | party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements | | Geography note | four major island groups totaling 607 islands | |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |