The Cook Islands can be divided into two groups: the Southern Cook Islands and the Northern Cook Islands. The country is located in Oceania, in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand. From March to December, the Cook Islands are in the path of tropical cyclones, the most notable of which were the cyclones Martin and Percy. Two terrestrial ecoregions lie within the islands' territory: the Central Polynesian tropical moist forests and the Cook Islands tropical moist forests.

Islands and reefs

Southern Cook Islands

* Aitutaki * Atiu * Mangaia * Manuae * Mauke * Mitiaro * Palmerston Island *

Rarotonga Rarotonga is the largest and most populous of the Cook Islands. The island is volcanic, with an area of , and is home to almost 75% of the country's population, with 13,007 of a total population of 17,434. The Cook Islands' Parliament buildings a ...

(capital) * Takutea

Northern Cook Islands

* Manihiki *

Nassau Nassau may refer to: Places Bahamas *Nassau, Bahamas, capital city of the Bahamas, on the island of New Providence Canada *Nassau District, renamed Home District, regional division in Upper Canada from 1788 to 1792 *Nassau Street (Winnipeg), ...

* Penrhyn atoll * Pukapuka * Rakahanga * Suwarrow

Table

Note: The table is ordered from north to south. Population figures from the 2016 census.

Statistics

; Area: :* Total: :* Land: 236 km² :* Water: 0 km² ; Area - comparative: : 1.3 times the size of Washington, DC ; Coastline: : ; Maritime claims: :* Territorial sea: :* Continental shelf: or to the edge of the continental margin :* Exclusive economic zone: ; Climate: : Tropical; moderated by trade winds; a dry season from April to November and a more humid season from December to March ; Terrain: : Low coral atolls in north; volcanic, hilly islands in south ; Elevation extremes: :* Lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m :* Highest point: Te Manga ; Natural resources: :

coconut The coconut tree (''Cocos nucifera'') is a member of the palm tree family ( Arecaceae) and the only living species of the genus ''Cocos''. The term "coconut" (or the archaic "cocoanut") can refer to the whole coconut palm, the seed, or the ...

s ; Land use: :* Arable land: 4.17% :* Permanent crops: 4.17% :* Other: 91.67% (2012 est.) : ; Natural hazards: : Typhoons (November to March) ; Environment - international agreements :* Party to: Biodiversity,

Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol The Kyoto Protocol was an international treaty which extended the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, based on the scientific consensus that (part ...

Desertification Desertification is a type of land degradation in drylands in which biological productivity is lost due to natural processes or induced by human activities whereby fertile areas become increasingly arid. It is the spread of arid areas caused by ...

, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection

References

External links

Maritime Boundaries
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