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- Southern Cook Islands
- Northern Cook Islands
- Location
- Geography
{{CIA}}The Cook Islands can be divided into two groups: the Southern Cook Islands and the Northern Cook Islands. Southern Cook Islands - Aitutaki
- Atiu
- Mangaia
- Manuae
- Mauke
- Mitiaro
- Palmerston Island
- Rarotonga (capital)
- Takutea
Northern Cook Islands - Manihiki
- Nassau
- Penrhyn Island
- Pukapuka
- Rakahanga
- Suwarrow
Location Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand Geography -
- //Geographic coordinates">Geographic coordinates:
{{coord|21|14|S|159|46|W|type:country}} - Map references
Oceania - Area
- Total: {{convert|236|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=on}}
- Land: 236 km2
- Water: 0 km2
- Area - comparative
1.3 times the size of Washington, DC - Land boundaries
0 km - Coastline
{{convert|120|km|mi|abbr=on}} - Maritime claims
- Territorial sea: {{convert|12|nmi|km mi|1|abbr=on}}
- Continental shelf: {{convert|200|nmi|km mi|1|abbr=on|lk=in}} or to the edge of the continental margin
- Exclusive economic zone: {{convert|200|nmi|km mi|1|abbr=on}}
- 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 {{convert|652|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
- Natural resources
coconuts - Land use
- Arable land: 4.17%
- Permanent crops: 4.17%
- Other: 91.67% (2012 est.)
- Irrigated land
NA - Natural hazards
Typhoons (November to March) - Environment - current issues
NA - Environment - international agreements
- Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection
- Signed, but not ratified: none
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