Tokelau:
Geography

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Background	Definition Originally settled by Polynesian emigrants from surrounding island groups, the Tokelau Islands were made a British protectorate in 1889. They were transferred to New Zealand administration in 1925. Referenda held in 2006 and 2007 to change the status of the islands from that of a New Zealand territory to one of free association with New Zealand did not meet the needed threshold for approval.

Location	Definition Oceania, group of three atolls in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand
Geographic coordinates	Definition 9 00 S, 172 00 W
Map references	Definition Oceania
Area	Definition - World rank and map total: 10 sq km land: 10 sq km water: 0 sq km
Area - comparative	Definition about 17 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Land boundaries	Definition 0 km
Coastline	Definition 101 km
Maritime claims	Definition territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Climate	Definition tropical; moderated by trade winds (April to November)
Terrain	Definition low-lying coral atolls enclosing large lagoons
Elevation extremes	Definition lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location 5 m
Natural resources	Definition NEGL
Land use	Definition - World rank and map arable land: 0% (soil is thin and infertile) permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)
Irrigated land	Definition NA
Natural hazards	Definition lies in Pacific typhoon belt
Environment - current issues	Definition limited natural resources and overcrowding are contributing to emigration to New Zealand
Geography - note	Definition consists of three atolls (Atafu, Fakaofo, Nukunonu), each with a lagoon surrounded by a number of reef-bound islets of varying length and rising to over 3 m above sea level

Tokelau: Geography

Tokelau:
Geography