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Geography of the Federated States of Micronesia
Summary
Geography of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), a country located in the western Pacific Ocean, and in the Micronesia cultural and ecological sub-region of Oceania. While its total land area is very small at , it has the 14th largest exclusive economic zone at .
The country consists of 607 islands extending across the Caroline Islands Archipelago. They are east of the Philippine Islands, and north of the island of New Guinea. The federal capital is Palikir, on Pohnpei island.
The 607 islands are grouped into four states, and from west to east are:
Yap State
Chuuk State — before 1990 named Truk.
Pohnpei State — before 1985 named Ponape.
Kosrae State
Separated from the main islands in southern Pohnpei State are the two islands of Nukuoro and Kapingamarangi. They are geographically part of the Micronesia region, but are linguistically and culturally part of the Polynesia region. The indigenous languages spoken on these two islands are in the Samoic family of Polynesian languages.
The Federated States of Micronesia are an island group in the Caroline Islands Archipelago of the western Pacific Ocean, in the Micronesia sub-region of Oceania.
Located about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to Indonesia at Geographic coordinates:
Map references are Oceania and Micronesia.
Area:
Land area —
Water area (freshwater) —
Total area —
The country's total area is four times the size of Washington, D.C. in the U.S.
Coastline:
The combined coastlines of the country's 607 islands equal .
Maritime claims:
Territorial sea (12 nmi) —
Exclusive economic zone (200 nmi) —
The country's 607 islands vary from high mountainous ones to low coral atolls. Geologically, there are volcanic rock outcroppings on the islands of Pohnpei, Kosrae, and Chuuk.
Lowest point — shoreline mean sea level of the Pacific Ocean —
Highest point — Nanlaud on Pohnpei at as indicated on the definitive USGS 1:25,000 scale topographic survey.
The extreme points of the Federated States of Micronesia, the landforms that are farther north, south, east or west — than any other location in the country.
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