Geography_of_the_Cook_Islands

Geography of the Cook Islands

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The Cook Islands can be divided into two groups: the Southern Cook Islands and the Northern Cook Islands. The country is located in Oceania, in the South Pacific Ocean, about halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand.

From March to December, the Cook Islands are in the path of tropical cyclones, the most notable of which were cyclones Martin (1997) and Percy (2005).^[1] Two terrestrial ecoregions lie within the islands' territory: the Central Polynesian tropical moist forests and the Cook Islands tropical moist forests.^[2]

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Island Group	Island	Area (km²)	Population	Density
Northern	Penrhyn	10	226	22.6
Northern	Rakahanga	4	80	20.0
Northern	Manihiki	5	213	42.6
Northern	Pukapuka	1	444	444.0
Northern	Tema Reef (submerged)	0	0	–
Northern	Nassau	1	78	78.0
Northern	Suwarrow	0	0	0.0
Southern	Palmerston	2	58	28.0
Southern	Aitutaki	18	1,928	107.1
Southern	Manuae	6	0	0.0
Southern	Takutea	1	0	0.0
Southern	Mitiaro	22	155	7.1
Southern	Atiu	27	437	16.2
Southern	Mauke	18	297	16.5
Southern	Winslow Reef (submerged)	0	0	–
Southern	Rarotonga	67	13,044	194.7
Southern	Mangaia	52	499	9.6
Total	Total	237	17,459	73.7

Geography of the Cook Islands