Norfolk Island: Geography#

LocationOceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Australia
Geographic Coordinates29 02 S, 167 57 E -29.033333,167.95
Land boundaries0 km
Coastline32 km
Elevation Extremeslowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Bates 319 m
Highest Mountains
Terrainvolcanic formation with mostly rolling plains
Natural Hazardstyphoons (especially May to July)
Natural Resourcefish
Land Usearable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2011)
Climatesubtropical; mild, little seasonal temperature variation
Irrigated LandNA
Renewable Water ResourcesNA
Environment_CurrentIssuesNA
Environment - international agreementsNA
Large Cities
Geography-notemost 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