| | Geographic Coordinates: | 15 00 S, 140 00 W | | Location: | Oceania, archipelagoes in the South Pacific Ocean about one-half of the way from South America to Australia | | Area: | total: 4,167 sq km (118 islands and atolls)
land: 3,660 sq km
water: 507 sq km | | Area - comparative: | slightly less than one-third the size of Connecticut | | Land boundaries: | 0 km | | Coastline: | 2,525 km | | Terrain: | mixture of rugged high islands and low islands with reefs | | Elevation extremes: | lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Orohena 2,241 m | | Capital: | name: Papeete
geographic coordinates: 17 32 S, 149 34 W
time difference: UTC-10 (5 hours behind Washington, DC during Standard Time) |
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