!!!Cook Islands: Geography ||Location|Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about half way between Hawaii and New Zealand ||Geographic Coordinates|21 14 S, 159 46 W[{GoogleMap location='-21.233334,-159.76666' zoom='4'}] ||Land boundaries|0 km ||Coastline|120 km ||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Pacific Ocean 0 m\\''highest point: ''Te Manga 652 m ||Highest Mountains| ||Terrain|low coral atolls in north; volcanic, hilly islands in south ||Natural Hazards|typhoons (November to March) ||Natural Resource|NEGL ||Land Use|''arable land: ''8.33%\\''permanent crops: ''4.17%\\''other: ''87.5% (2011) ||Climate|tropical oceanic; moderated by trade winds; a dry season from April to November and a more humid season from December to March ||Irrigated Land|NA ||Renewable Water Resources|NA ||Environment_CurrentIssues|NA ||Environment - international agreements|''party to: ''Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection ||Large Cities| ||Geography-note|the northern Cook Islands are seven low-lying, sparsely populated, coral atolls; the southern Cook Islands, where most of the population lives, consist of eight elevated, fertile, volcanic isles, including the largest, Rarotonga, at 67 sq km