| Geography | Niue |
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Location:
 | Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Tonga |
Geographic coordinates:
 | 19 02 S, 169 52 W |
Map references:
 | Oceania |
Area:
 | total: 260 sq km land: 260 sq km water: 0 sq km |
Area - comparative:
 | 1.5 times the size of Washington, DC |
Land boundaries:
 | 0 km |
Coastline:
 | 64 km |
Maritime claims:
 | territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
Climate:
 | tropical; modified by southeast trade winds |
Terrain:
 | steep limestone cliffs along coast, central plateau |
Elevation extremes:
 | lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location near Mutalau settlement 68 m |
Natural resources:
 | fish, arable land |
Land use:
 | arable land: 11.54% permanent crops: 15.38% other: 73.08% (2005) |
Irrigated land:
 | NA |
Total renewable water resources:
 | void |
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
 | void |
Natural hazards:
 | typhoons |
Environment - current issues:
 | increasing attention to conservationist practices to counter loss of soil fertility from traditional slash and burn agriculture |
Environment - international agreements:
 | party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Law of the Sea signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
Geography - note:
 | one of world's largest coral islands |
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