The country is located in Oceania, in the South Pacific Ocean, about halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand.
[1] Two terrestrial ecoregions lie within the islands' territory: the Central Polynesian tropical moist forests and the Cook Islands tropical moist forests.
[2] Note: The table is ordered from north to south.
[3] This article incorporates public domain material from The World Factbook.
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