Editing Geography of Tuvalu (section)

==Geography==
{{wide image|Tuvalu banner Funafuti beach.jpg|800px|[[Funafuti]] wharf and beach (2013)||right}}

'''Location:'''
[[Oceania]], [[island]] group of nine islands comprising three [[reef]] islands and six true [[atolls]] in the South [[Pacific Ocean]].<ref name="MAP">{{cite web|url=https://www.mapsland.com/oceania/tuvalu|title= Maps of Tuvalu |access-date=15 January 2021}}</ref> The islands of Tuvalu are spread out between the [[latitude]] of [[5th parallel south|5°]] to [[10th parallel south|10° south]] and [[longitude]] of [[176th meridian east|176°]] to [[180th meridian|180°]], west of the [[International Date Line]].<ref name="MAP"/>

'''[[Geographic coordinates]]:''' {{coord|5|41|S|176|12|E|type:country}} to {{coord|10|45|S|179|51|E|type:country}}

'''Map references:'''
[[Oceania]]

'''Area:'''
<br>''total:''
26&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>
<br>''land:''
26&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>
<br>''water:''
0&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>

'''Area – comparative:'''
0.1 times the size of [[Washington, DC]]

'''Land boundaries:'''
0&nbsp;km

'''Coastline:'''
{{convert|24.14|km|mi}}

'''Maritime claims:'''
<br>''contiguous zone:''
{{convert|24.14|nmi|km|0|abbr=on}}
<br>''exclusive economic zone:''
{{convert|749790|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} and {{convert|200|nmi|km|-1|abbr=on}}
<br>''territorial sea:''
{{convert|12|nmi|km|0|abbr=on}}

Tuvalu's [[Exclusive Economic Zone]] (EEZ) covers an oceanic area of approximately {{convert|749790|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}.<ref name="AJT">{{cite book |author1=A J Tilling  |author2=Ms E Fihaki |title= Tuvalu National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan |url= http://www.cbd.int/doc/world/tv/tv-nr-04-en.pdf|date=17 November 2009 |publisher= Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity|page=7}}</ref>

On 29 August 2012 an ''Agreement between Tuvalu and Kiribati concerning their Maritime Boundary'', was signed by their respective leaders that determined the boundary as being seaward of [[Nanumea]] and [[Niutao]] in Tuvalu on the one hand and [[Tabiteuea]], [[Tamana, Kiribati|Tamana]] and [[Arorae]] in [[Kiribati]] on the other hand, along the [[geodesics]] connecting the points of latitude and longitude set out in the agreement.<ref name="Maritime">{{cite web|title =Agreement between Tuvalu and Kiribati concerning their Maritime Boundary |url= https://www.un.org/depts/los/LEGISLATIONANDTREATIES/PDFFILES/DEPOSIT/tuv_mzn98_2013_AgreementBetweenTuvaluandKiribati.pdf|date= 29 August 2012|publisher=U.N.}}</ref>

In October 2014 the prime ministers of Fiji and Tuvalu signed the ''Fiji-Tuvalu Maritime Boundary Treaty'', which establishes the extent of the national areas of jurisdiction between Fiji and Tuvalu as recognized in international law under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.<ref name="MOF2014">{{cite web |url= http://www.foreignaffairs.gov.fj/media-resources/media-release/748-fiji-tuvalu-maritime-boundary-treaty|title= Fiji Tuvalu Maritime Boundary Treaty |publisher=  Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Fiji|date= 17 October 2014|access-date=15 January 2021}}</ref><ref name="SPC2014">{{cite web |url= http://gsd.spc.int/media-releases/1-latest-news/594-fiji-and-tuvalu-sign-maritime-boundary-agreement|title= Fiji and Tuvalu sign maritime boundary agreement |publisher=  Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) Geoscience Division|date= 24 October 2014|access-date=15 January 2021}}</ref>

'''Climate:'''
tropical; moderated by easterly trade winds (March to November); westerly gales and heavy rain (November to March).

'''Terrain:'''
low-lying and narrow coral atolls.

'''Elevation extremes:'''
<br>''lowest point:''
[[Pacific Ocean]] 0 m
<br>''highest point:''
unnamed location, {{convert|4.6|m|ft}} on [[Niulakita]].

'''Extreme points:'''
[[File:Tuvalu - Funafuti - Approach.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''[[Geographic coordinate system|Lat. and Long.]] {{Coord|-8.32|179.13 |display=inline}} <span style="color:darkblue;">([[Funafuti]])</span>'']]
This is a list of the extreme points of [[Tuvalu]], the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location:

* Northernmost point – [[Lakena]] [[islet]], [[Nanumea]]
* Easternmost point – [[Niuoko]] islet, [[Nukulaelae]]
* Southernmost point – [[Niulakita]]
* Westernmost point –  [[Lakena]] islet, [[Nanumea]]

{{see also|Islands of Tuvalu|List of villages and neighbourhoods in Tuvalu}}

'''Natural resources:'''
fish. coconut

'''Land use:'''
<br>''arable land:''
0%
<br>''permanent crops:''
60%
<br>''forest:''
33.3%
<br>''other:''
6.7% (2022 est.)

'''Irrigated land:'''
0 km<sup>2</sup>