| Official name: |
New Zealand
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| Capital: |
Wellington
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| Area: |
total: 268,680 sq km
note: includes Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, Bounty Islands, Campbell Island, Chatham Islands, and Kermadec Islands
water: NA sq km
land: NA sq km
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| Climate: |
temperate with sharp regional contrasts
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| Location: |
Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of Australia
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| Geographic coordinates: |
41 00 S, 174 00 E
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| Comparative Area: |
about the size of Colorado
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| Land boundaries: |
0 km
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| Coastline: |
15,134 km
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| Terrain: |
predominately mountainous with some large coastal plains
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| Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Aoraki-Mount Cook 3,754 m
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