Macau: Geography#

LocationEastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and China
Geographic Coordinates22 10 N, 113 33 E 22.166666,113.55
Land boundariestotal: 0.34 km
regional border: China 0.34 km
Coastline41 km
Elevation Extremeslowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: Coloane Alto 172 m
Highest Mountains
Terraingenerally flat
Natural Hazardstyphoons
Natural ResourceNEGL
Land Usearable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2011)
Climatesubtropical; marine with cool winters, warm summers
Irrigated LandNA; note - included in the total for China
Renewable Water ResourcesNA
Environment_CurrentIssuesNA
Environment - international agreementsparty to: Marine Dumping (associate member), Ship Pollution (associate member)
Large Cities
Geography-noteessentially urban; an area of land reclaimed from the sea measuring 5.2 sq km and known as Cotai now connects the islands of Coloane and Taipa; the island area is connected to the mainland peninsula by three bridges