Oceania, group of islands in the North Pacific Ocean,
southeast of the Philippines

7 30 N, 134 30 E

Oceania

total: 458 sq km
land: 458 sq km
water: 0 sq km

slightly more than 2.5 times the size of
Washington, DC

0 km

1,519 km

continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
exclusive fishing zone: 12 nm
extended fishing zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 3 nm

wet season May to November; hot and humid

varying geologically from the high, mountainous main island
of Babelthuap to low, coral islands usually fringed by large barrier
reefs

lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Ngerchelchauus 242 m

forests, minerals (especially gold), marine
products, deep-seabed minerals

arable land: NA%
permanent crops: NA%
permanent pastures: NA%
forests and woodland: NA%
other: NA%

NA sq km

typhoons (June to December)

inadequate facilities for disposal of
solid waste; threats to the marine ecosystem from sand and coral
dredging, illegal fishing practices, and overfishing

party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol,
Desertification, Law of the Sea
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

includes World War II battleground of Beliliou
(Peleliu) and world-famous rock islands; archipelago of six island
groups totaling over 200 islands in the Caroline chain