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This article is from the New Zealand FAQ, by Phil Stuart-Jones and Lin Nah with numerous contributions by others.

B1.1.2 New Zealand: Statistics

For the main three: Latitude: 34 S to 47 S
Longitude: 167 E to 178 E

AREAS sq kms sq mi
North Island 114,453 44,191
South Island 150,718 58,193
Stewart Island 1,746 674
The Rest ?

TOTAL 268,700 103,745

COASTLINE: 15,134 km
LAND BOUNDARIES: 0 km
MARITIME CLAIMS:
Continental shelf; edge of continental margin or 200 nm
Exclusive economic zone; 200 nm
Territorial sea; 12 nm

For more info, take a look at:
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/nz.html
and
http://www.govt.nz/stats
or
http://www.govt.nz/ps/min/stats

And Steve Israel (israel@spheroid.otago.ac.nz) invites people to look at
his remote sensing page:
http://spheroid.otago.ac.nz:808/courses/remote.sense/RemoteSense.html

 

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