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Australian General Geography & Facts
Location:	Oceania, continent between the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean
Geographic Coordinates:	27 00 S, 133 00 E
Map references:	Oceania
Area:	total: 7,686,850 sq km land: 7,617,930 sq km water: 68,920 sq km note: includes Lord Howe Island and Macquarie Island
Area - comparative:	slightly smaller than the contiguous 48 states of the US
Land boundaries:	0 km
Coastline:	25,760 km
Maritime claims:	contiguous zone: 24 NM continental shelf: 200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Climate:	generally arid to semiarid; temperate in south and east; tropical in north
Terrain:	mostly low plateau with deserts; fertile plain in southeast
Elevation extremes:	lowest point: Lake Eyre -15 m highest point: Mount Kosciuszko 2,229 m
Natural resources:	bauxite, coal, iron ore, copper, tin, silver, uranium, nickel, tungsten, mineral sands, lead, zinc, diamonds, natural gas, petroleum
Land use:	arable land: 6% permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 54% forests and woodland: 19% other: 21% (1993 est.)