!!!New Zealand: Geography
||Location|Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of Australia
||Geographic Coordinates|41 00 S, 174 00 E[{GoogleMap location='-41.0,174.0' zoom='4'}]
||Area |''total: ''267,710 sq km\\''land: ''267,710 sq km\\''water: ''NA\\''__note:__ ''includes Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, Bounty Islands, Campbell Island, Chatham Islands, and Kermadec Islands__\\''We are unable to verify those figures from Factbook, since the 6 main sources we used for checking give different figures as follows:\\[Factbook|https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook]: 267710\\ [DBpedia|http://dbpedia.org]: 268020\\ [Geoname|http://www.geonames.org]: 268680\\ [Infoplease|http://www.infoplease.com]: 0\\ [Britannica|http://www.britannica.com]: 270692\\ [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: 268680''__\\__Attempted Explanation__: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org]
||Land boundaries|0 km
||Coastline|15,134 km
||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Pacific Ocean 0 m\\''highest point: ''Aoraki-Mount Cook 3,754 m
||Highest Mountains|__Due to difference in mountain rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists :__\\ According to [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: Mount Cook 3754 m; Mount Tasman 3498 m; Silberhorn 3303 m; Mount Lendenfeld 3203 m; Hicks 3183 m\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Mount Cook 3754 m; Mount Tasman 3498 m; Mount Dampier 3440 m; Mount Aspiring 3033 m; Ruapehu 2797 m\\ \\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] \\[Important Mountains|Geography/Australia/New_Zealand/Geography/Important_Mountains]
||Terrain|predominately mountainous with some large coastal plains
||Natural Hazards|earthquakes are common, though usually not severe; volcanic activity volcanism: significant volcanism on North Island; Ruapehu (elev. 2,797 m), which last erupted in 2007, has a history of large eruptions in the past century; Taranaki has the potential to produce dangerous avalanches and lahars; other historically active volcanoes include Okataina, Raoul Island, Tongariro, and White Island
||Natural Resource|natural gas, iron ore, sand, coal, timber, hydropower, gold, limestone
||Land Use|''arable land: ''1.76%\\''permanent crops: ''0.27%\\''other: ''97.98% (2011)
||Climate|temperate with sharp regional contrasts
||Irrigated Land|6,193 sq km (2007)
||Renewable Water Resources|327 cu km (2011)
||Environment_CurrentIssues|deforestation; soil erosion; native flora and fauna hard-hit by invasive species
||Environment - international agreements|''party to: ''Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling\\''signed, but not ratified: ''Antarctic Seals, Marine Life Conservation
||Large Cities|__Due to difference in city rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists :__\\According to [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: Auckland; Christchurch; Wellington; Hamilton; Dunedin\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Auckland; Wellington; Christchurch; Manukau City; Waitakere\\\\\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] \\[Important Cities|Geography/Australia/New_Zealand/Geography/Important_Cities]
||Geography-note|almost 90% of the population lives in cities; Wellington is the southernmost national capital in the world\\[Important Lakes|Geography/Australia/New_Zealand/Geography/Important_Lakes]