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Location:
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Oceania, island group in the North Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to Indonesia
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Geographic coordinates:
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6 55 N, 158 15 E
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Map references:
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oceania
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Area:
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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
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Area - comparative:
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four times the size of Washington, DC (land area only)
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Land boundaries:
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0 km
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Coastline:
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6,112 km
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Maritime claims:
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territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
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Climate:
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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:
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islands vary geologically from high mountainous islands to low, coral atolls; volcanic outcroppings on Pohnpei, Kosrae, and Chuuk
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Elevation extremes:
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lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Dolohmwar (Totolom) 791 m
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Natural resources:
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forests, marine products, deep-seabed minerals
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Land use:
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arable land: 5.71%
permanent crops: 45.71%
other: 48.58% (2001)
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Irrigated land:
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NA sq km
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Natural hazards:
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typhoons (June to December)
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Environment - current issues:
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overfishing, climate change, pollution
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Environment - international agreements:
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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:
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four major island groups totaling 607 islands
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