Niue

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 elevation 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
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, Ozone Layer Protection
Geography - note	one of world's largest coral islands