Geography of Norfolk Island

Location: Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Australia.

Geographic coordinates: 29 02 S, 167 57 E

Area: total: 36 sq km; land: 36 sq km; water: 0 sq km

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 32 km

Maritime claims: territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm

Climate: subtropical; mild, little seasonal temperature variation

Terrain: volcanic formation with mostly rolling plains

Elevation extremes: lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Bates 319 m

Natural resources: fish

Land use: arable land: 0%; permanent crops: 0%; other: 100% (2005)

Irrigated land: NA

Natural hazards: typhoons (especially May to July)

Environment - current issues: NA

Geography - note: most of the 32 km coastline consists of almost inaccessible cliffs, but the land slopes down to the sea in one small southern area on Sydney Bay, where the capital of Kingston is situated.