!!!Palau: Geography ||Location|Oceania, group of islands in the North Pacific Ocean, southeast of the Philippines ||Geographic Coordinates|7 30 N, 134 30 E[{GoogleMap location='7.5,134.5' zoom='4'}] ||Area |''total: ''459 sq km\\''land: ''459 sq km\\''water: ''0 sq km__\\''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]: 459\\ [DBpedia|http://dbpedia.org]: 458\\ [Geoname|http://www.geonames.org]: 458\\ [Infoplease|http://www.infoplease.com]: 458\\ [Britannica|http://www.britannica.com]: 488\\ [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: 459''__\\__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|1,519 km ||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Pacific Ocean 0 m\\''highest point: ''Mount Ngerchelchuus 242 m ||Highest Mountains| ||Terrain|varying geologically from the high, mountainous main island of Babelthuap to low, coral islands usually fringed by large barrier reefs ||Natural Hazards|typhoons (June to December) ||Natural Resource|forests, minerals (especially gold), marine products, deep-seabed minerals ||Land Use|''arable land: ''2.17%\\''permanent crops: ''4.35%\\''other: ''93.48% (2011) ||Climate|tropical; hot and humid; wet season May to November ||Irrigated Land|NA ||Renewable Water Resources|NA ||Environment_CurrentIssues|inadequate facilities for disposal of solid waste; threats to the marine ecosystem from sand and coral dredging, illegal fishing practices, and overfishing ||Environment - international agreements|''party to: ''Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands, Whaling\\''signed, but not ratified: ''none of the selected agreements ||Large Cities|||Geography-note|westernmost archipelago in the Caroline chain, consists of six island groups totaling more than 300 islands; includes World War II battleground of Beliliou (Peleliu) and world-famous rock islands