Geography Statistics of New Zealand
- Coastline: 9,400 miles (15,134 km) (includes all New Zealand coastal islands)
- Land Area:
(land) 103,737 sq miles (268,680 sq km) (includes
coastal islands and the Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, Bounty
Islands, Campbell Island, Chatham Islands, Kermadec Islands and Stewert
Island)
(water) 416 sq miles (1,080 sq km)
(TOTAL) 104,154 sq miles (269,760 sq km)
To convert sq km (kilometers) to sq mi (miles)
use our converter - Land Area: (all countries)
- Land Divisions: There are 16 administrative divisions
and 1 territory** in New Zealand. They are Auckland, Bay of Plenty,
Canterbury, Chatham Islands**, Gisborne, Hawke's Bay, Manawatu-Wanganui,
Marlborough, Nelson, Northland, Otago, Southland, Taranaki, Tasman,
Waikato, Wellington and West Coast.
- Regions (largest by population) Auckland, 1,371
- Regions (largest by size) Canterbury 17,700 sq miles (45,845 sq km)
- Horizontal Width: 152.32 miles (245.13 km) from New Plymouth east to Napier
- Vertical Length: Around 1,910 km (1,186 mi)
Note: Lengths and widths are point-to-point,
straight-line measurements from a Mercator map projection, and will vary
some using other map projections - Bordering Countries: (0)
- Geographic Center: (North Island) About 22.2 miles (35.727 km) southeast of Rotorua
- Geographic Center: (South Island) About 17.6 miles (28.324 km) southeast of Whataroa
- Highest Point: Mt. Cook (Aoraki) standing at 12,316 feet (3,754 m)
- Lowest Point: South Pacific Ocean 0 m
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