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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: New Zealand Dollar
Currency Symbol: NZD
Location: Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of Australia
Geographic Coordinates: 41 00 S, 174 00 E
Map References: Oceania
Area: total: 267,710 sq km ; land: 267,710 sq km ; water: NA ; note: includes Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, Bounty Islands, Campbell Island, Chatham Islands, and Kermadec Islands
Area - Comparative: almost twice the size of North Carolina; about the size of Colorado
Terrain: predominately mountainous with some large coastal plains
Elevation Extremes(M): lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m ; highest point: Aoraki-Mount Cook 3,754 m
Land Boundaries(Km): 0 km
Coastline: 15,134 km
Maritime Claims: territorial sea: 12 nm ; contiguous zone: 24 nm ; exclusive economic zone: 200 nm ; continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
Geography - Note: almost 90% of the population lives in cities; Wellington is the southernmost national capital in the world