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| Location: |
Oceania, island group in the North Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to Indonesia
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| Geographic coordinates: |
6 55 N, 158 15 E
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| Area: |
total:
702 sq km
land:
702 sq km
water:
0 sq km
note:
includes Pohnpei (Ponape), Truk (Chuuk) Islands, Yap Islands, and Kosrae
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| Area - comparative: |
four times the size of Washington, DC
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| Maritime claims: |
exclusive economic zone:
200 NM
territorial sea:
12 NM
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| Climate: |
tropical; heavy year-round rainfall, especially in the eastern islands; located on southern edge of the typhoon belt with occasionally severe damage
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| Terrain: |
islands vary geologically from high mountainous islands to low, coral atolls; volcanic outcroppings on Pohnpei, Kosrae, and Truk
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| Elevation extremes: |
lowest point:
Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Totolom 791 m
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| Natural resources: |
forests, marine products, deep-seabed minerals
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| Land use: |
arable land:
NA%
permanent crops:
NA%
permanent pastures:
NA%
forests and woodland:
NA%
other:
NA%
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| Natural hazards: |
typhoons (June to December)
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| Environment - current issues: |
overfishing
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| 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
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| Geography - note: |
four major island groups totaling 607 islands
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