New Zealand
Average temperature, rainfall and snowfall information is available for the following climate stations in New Zealand
Official name: | New Zealand |
Capital: | Wellington |
Area: | total: 268,680 sq km note: includes Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, Bounty Islands, Campbell Island, Chatham Islands, and Kermadec Islands water: NA sq km land: NA sq km |
Climate: | temperate with sharp regional contrasts |
Location: | Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of Australia |
Geographic coordinates: | 41 00 S, 174 00 E |
Comparative Area: | about the size of Colorado |
Land boundaries: | 0 km |
Coastline: | 15,134 km |
Terrain: | predominately mountainous with some large coastal plains |
Elevation extremes: | lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: Mount Cook 3,764 m |
Map of New Zealand