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Micronesia
Oceania, island group in the North Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to Indonesia
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Location
Oceania, island group in the North Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to Indonesia
Geographic coordinates
6 55 N, 158 15 E
Map references
Oceania
Area
Total
702 sq km
Land
702 sq km
Water
0 sq km (fresh water only)
Area - comparative
four times the size of Washington, D.C. (land area only)
Land boundaries
Total
0 km
Coastline
6,112 km
Maritime claims
Territorial sea
12 nm
Exclusive economic zone
200 nm
Climate
tropical; heavy year-round rainfall, especially in the eastern islands; located on southern edge of the typhoon belt with occasionally severe damage
Terrain
islands vary geologically from high mountainous islands to low, coral atolls; volcanic outcroppings on Pohnpei, Kosrae, and Chuuk
Elevation
Highest point
Nanlaud on Pohnpei 782 m
Lowest point
Pacific Ocean 0 m
Natural resources
timber, marine products, deep-seabed minerals, phosphate
Land use
Agricultural land
7.1% (2023 est.)
Agricultural land: arable land
arable land: 2.9% (2023 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent crops
permanent crops: 0% (2022 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent pasture
permanent pasture: 4.3% (2023 est.)
Forest
92.2% (2023 est.)
Other
0.7% (2023 est.)
Irrigated land
0 sq km (2022)
Population distribution
the majority of the population lives in the coastal areas of the high islands; the mountainous interior is largely uninhabited; less than half of the population lives in urban areas
Natural hazards
typhoons (June to December)
Geography - note
composed of four major island groups totaling 607 islands