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- <text id=94CT1147><title>Pitcairn Islands—Geography</title>
- <article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
- <hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Pitcairn Islands<nl>Geography</hdr><body>
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- <item><hi format=bold>Location:</hi> Oceania, Polynesia in the South Pacific Ocean, about halfway between Peru and New Zealand
- <item><hi format=bold>Area:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>total area:</hi> 47 sq km
- <item>• <hi format=ital>land area:</hi> 47 sq km
- <item>• <hi format=ital>comparative area:</hi> about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC
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- <item><hi format=bold>Land boundaries:</hi> 0 km
- <item><hi format=bold>Coastline:</hi> 51 km
- <item><hi format=bold>Maritime claims:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>exclusive fishing zone:</hi> 200 nm
- <item>• <hi format=ital>territorial sea:</hi> 3 nm
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- <item><hi format=bold>International disputes:</hi> none
- <item><hi format=bold>Climate:</hi> tropical, hot, humid, modified by southeast trade winds; rainy season (November to March)
- <item><hi format=bold>Terrain:</hi> rugged volcanic formation; rocky coastline with cliffs
- <item><hi format=bold>Natural resources:</hi> miro trees (used for handicrafts), fish
- <item><hi format=bold>Land use:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>arable land:</hi> NA%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>permanent crops:</hi> NA%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>meadows and pastures:</hi> NA%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>forest and woodland:</hi> NA%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>other:</hi> NA%
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- <item><hi format=bold>Irrigated land:</hi> NA sq km
- <item><hi format=bold>Environment:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>current issues:</hi> NA
- <item>• <hi format=ital>natural hazards:</hi> subject to typhoons (especially November to March)
- <item>• <hi format=ital>international agreements:</hi> NA
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