| Geography and Climate |
New Caledonia located in Oceania, are islands in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Australia.
Area - comparative: slightly smaller than New Jersey.
Climate is tropical; modified by southeast trade winds; hot, humid. Terrain consists of coastal plains with interior mountains. Elevation extreme has the lowest point in Pacific Ocean 0 m and
highest point in Mont Panie 1,628 m.
Natural resources are nickel, chrome, iron, cobalt, manganese, silver, gold, lead, copper.
Natural hazards are typhoons most frequent from November to March.
Ref. Anonymous, 1999 |