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Economic Indicator: Geography (Location, geographic coordinates, map references, area, terrain, elevation extremes, borders, coastline and maritime claims)
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Detailed Analysis for Year: 2015
Full Dataset: from 1993 to 2014
Dataset updated: 17th March 2015
Data Source: CIA Factbook
National or Regional Currency: Pacific Franc
Currency Symbol: XPF
Location: Oceania, five archipelagoes (Archipel des Tuamotu, Iles Gambier, Iles Marquises, Iles Tubuai, Society Islands) in the South Pacific Ocean about half way between South America and Australia
Geographic Coordinates: 15 00 S, 140 00 W
Map References: Oceania
Area: total: 4,167 sq km (118 islands and atolls) ; land: 3,827 sq km ; water: 340 sq km
Area - Comparative: slightly less than one-third the size of Connecticut
Terrain: mixture of rugged high islands and low islands with reefs
Elevation Extremes(M): lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m ; highest point: Mont Orohena 2,241 m
Land Boundaries(Km): 0 km
Coastline: 2,525 km
Maritime Claims: territorial sea: 12 nm ; exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Geography - Note: includes five archipelagoes: four volcanic (Iles Gambier, Iles Marquises, Iles Tubuai, Society Islands) and one coral (Archipel des Tuamotu); Makatea in French Polynesia is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean - the others are Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati and Nauru