Oceania's Terrain Description


Guide Books URL	Description	Terrain Description	Latitude News	Longitude Weather
American Samoa	Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand	five volcanic islands with rugged peaks and limited coastal plains, two coral atolls (Rose Island, Swains Island)	14 20 S	170 00 W
Baker Island	Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to Australia	low, nearly level coral island surrounded by a narrow fringing reef	0 13 N	176 31 W
Cook Islands	Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand	low coral atolls in north; volcanic, hilly islands in south	21 14 S	159 46 W
Coral Sea Islands	Oceania, islands in the Coral Sea, northeast of Australia	sand and coral reefs and islands (or cays)	18 00 S	152 00 E
Fiji	Oceania, island group in the South Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand	mostly mountains of volcanic origin	18 00 S	175 00 E
Guam	Oceania, island in the North Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines	volcanic origin, surrounded by coral reefs; relatively flat coralline limestone plateau (source of most fresh water), with steep coastal cliffs and narrow coastal plains in north, low-rising hills in center, mountains in south	13 28 N	144 47 E
Howland Island	Oceania, island in the North Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to Australia	low-lying, nearly level, sandy, coral island surrounded by a narrow fringing reef; depressed central area	0 48 N	176 38 W
Jarvis Island	Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to the Cook Islands	sandy, coral island surrounded by a narrow fringing reef	0 22 S	160 03 W
Johnston Atoll	Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, about one-third of the way from Hawaii to the Marshall Islands	mostly flat	16 45 N	169 30 W
Kingman Reef	Oceania, reef in the North Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to American Samoa	low and nearly level	6 24 N	162 24 W
Kiribati	Oceania, group of islands in the Pacific Ocean, straddling the equator, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to Australia; note - on 1 January 1995, Kiribati unilaterally moved the International Date Line from the middle of the country to include its eas	mostly low-lying coral atolls surrounded by extensive reefs	1 25 N	173 00 E
Marshall Islands	Oceania, group of atolls and reefs in the North Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to Papua New Guinea	low coral limestone and sand islands	9 00 N	168 00 E
Micronesia, Federated States of	Oceania, island group in the North Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to Indonesia	islands vary geologically from high mountainous islands to low, coral atolls; volcanic outcroppings on Pohnpei, Kosrae, and Truk	6 55 N	158 15 E
Midway Islands	Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, about one-third of the way from Honolulu to Tokyo	low, nearly level	28 13 N	177 22 W
Nauru	Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, south of the Marshall Islands	sandy beach rises to fertile ring around raised coral reefs with phosphate plateau in center	0 32 S	166 55 E
New Caledonia	Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Australia	coastal plains with interior mountains	21 30 S	165 30 E
New Zealand	Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of Australia	predominately mountainous with some large coastal plains	41 00 S	174 00 E
Niue	Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Tonga	steep limestone cliffs along coast, central plateau	19 02 S	169 52 W
Norfolk Island	Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Australia	volcanic formation with mostly rolling plains	29 02 S	167 57 E
Northern Mariana Islands	Oceania, islands in the North Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines	southern islands are limestone with level terraces and fringing coral reefs; northern islands are volcanic	15 12 N	145 45 E
Palau	Oceania, group of islands in the North Pacific Ocean, southeast of the Philippines	varying geologically from the high, mountainous main island of Babelthuap to low, coral islands usually fringed by large barrier reefs	7 30 N	134 30 E
Palmyra Atoll	Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to American Samoa	very low	5 52 N	162 06 W
Pitcairn Islands	Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Peru to New Zealand	rugged volcanic formation; rocky coastline with cliffs	25 04 S	130 06 W
Samoa	Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand	narrow coastal plain with volcanic, rocky, rugged mountains in interior	13 35 S	172 20 W
Solomon Islands	Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Papua New Guinea	mostly rugged mountains with some low coral atolls	8 00 S	159 00 E
Tokelau	Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Benin, between Benin and Ghana	low-lying coral atolls enclosing large lagoons	9 00 S	172 00 W
Tonga	Oceania, group of three islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand	most islands have limestone base formed from uplifted coral formation; others have limestone overlying volcanic base	20 00 S	175 00 W
Tuvalu	Caribbean, two island groups in the North Atlantic Ocean, southeast of The Bahamas	very low-lying and narrow coral atolls	8 00 S	178 00 E
Vanuatu	Central Asia, north of Afghanistan	mostly mountains of volcanic origin; narrow coastal plains	16 00 S	167 00 E
Wake Island	Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Puerto Rico	atoll of three coral islands built up on an underwater volcano; central lagoon is former crater, islands are part of the rim	19 17 N	166 36 E
Wallis and Futuna	Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to the Northern Mariana Islands	volcanic origin; low hills	13 18 S	176 12 W