Niue Map

Niue Map



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: 15.38% permanent crops: 11.54% other: 73.08% (2001)

Irrigated land: NA

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 signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea

Geography - note: One of world's largest coral islands