Kiribati
Average temperature, rainfall and snowfall information is available for the following climate stations in Kiribati
Official name: | Republic of Kiribati |
Capital: | Tarawa |
Area: | total: 811 sq km note: includes three island groups - Gilbert Islands, Line Islands, Phoenix Islands water: 0 sq km land: 811 sq km |
Climate: | tropical; marine, hot and humid, moderated by trade winds |
Location: | Oceania, group of 33 coral atolls in the Pacific Ocean, straddling the equator; the capital Tarawa is about one-half of the way from Hawaii to Australia; note - on 1 January 1995, Kiribati proclaimed that all of its territory lies in the same time zone as its Gilbert Islands group (GMT +12) even though the Phoenix Islands and the Line Islands under its jurisdiction lie on the other side of the International Date Line |
Geographic coordinates: | 1 25 N, 173 00 E |
Comparative Area: | four times the size of Washington, DC |
Land boundaries: | 0 km |
Coastline: | 1,143 km |
Terrain: | mostly low-lying coral atolls surrounded by extensive reefs |
Elevation extremes: | lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location on Banaba 81 m |
Map of Kiribati