Papua New Guinea

Average temperature, rainfall and snowfall information is available for the following climate stations in Papua New Guinea • PORT MORESBY W.O. • WEWAK W.O. • DARU W.O. • RABAUL

Official name: Independent State of Papua New Guinea Capital: Port Moresby Area: total: 462,840 sq km land: 452,860 sq km water: 9,980 sq km Climate: tropical; northwest monsoon (December to March), southeast monsoon (May to October); slight seasonal temperature variation Location: Oceania, group of islands including the eastern half of the island of New Guinea between the Coral Sea and the South Pacific Ocean, east of Indonesia Geographic coordinates: 6 00 S, 147 00 E Comparative Area: slightly larger than California Land boundaries: total: 820 km border countries: Indonesia 820 km Coastline: 5,152 km Terrain: mostly mountains with coastal lowlands and rolling foothills Elevation extremes: lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: Mount Wilhelm 4,509 m

Map of Papua New Guinea