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
note: includes Pohnpei (Ponape), Chuuk (Truk) Islands, Yap Islands, and Kosrae (Kosaie)
water: 0 sq km (fresh water only)
land: 702 sq km |
| 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 |
| Land use: | arable land: 5.71%
permanent crops: 45.71%
other: 48.58% (2001) |
| Irrigated land: | NA sq km |
| 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
Source: CIA World Factbook
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