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This article describes the geography of French Polynesia. French Polynesia is located in Oceania. It is an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, about half way between South America and Australia (Geographic coordinates: ). Its area is about 4,167 km² (around 130 islands),〔Kingfisher Geography Encyclopedia. ISBN 1-85613-582-9. Page 546〕 of which 3,827 km² is land and 340 km² is (inland) water. It has a coastline of 2,525 km but no land borders with order countries. ; Maritime claims: : * Territorial sea: 12 nautical mile : * Exclusive economic zone: 200 nautical mile ; Climate: : Tropical, but moderate ; Terrain: : Mixture of rugged high islands and low islands with reefs ; Elevation extremes: : * Lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m : * Highest point: Mont Orohena ( Tahiti ) 2,241 m ; Natural resources: : Timber, fish, cobalt, hydropower ; Land use: : * Arable land: 0.68% : * Permanent crops: 6.28% : * Other: 93.03% (2012) ; Irrigated land: : 10 km2 (2003) ; Natural hazards: : Occasional cyclonic storms in January ; Environment - current issues: : NA ; Geography - note: : Includes five archipelagoes: four volcanic islands and one coral; 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 ==See also== *French Polynesia 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Geography of French Polynesia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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