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The Western Pacific nation of Tuvalu, formerly known as the Ellice Islands, is situated northeast of Australia and is approximately half way between Hawaii and Australia. Tuvalu consists of three reef islands and six atolls. The islands of Tuvalu have poor soil and a total land area of only about 26 km², less than . The land is very low-lying, with narrow coral atolls. The highest elevation is above sea level on Niulakita. Tuvalu experiences two distinct seasons, a wet season from November to April and a dry season from May to October. Westerly gales and heavy rain are the predominate weather conditions from October to March, the period that is known as ''Tau-o-lalo'', with tropical temperatures moderated by easterly winds from April to November. ==Geography== Location: Oceania, island group of nine islands comprising three reef islands and six true atolls in the South Pacific Ocean. The islands of Tuvalu are spread out between the latitude of 5° to 10° south and longitude of 176° to 180°, west of the International Date Line.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Maps of Tuvalu )〕 Geographic coordinates: to Map references: Oceania Area: ''total:'' 26 km² ''land:'' 26 km² ''water:'' 0 km² Area - comparative: 0.1 times the size of Washington, DC Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: Maritime claims: ''contiguous zone:'' ''exclusive economic zone:'' ''territorial sea:'' Tuvalu’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) covers an oceanic area of approximately 900,000 km2. 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 and Arorae in Kiribati on the other hand, along the geodesics connecting the points of latitude and longitude set out in the agreement. 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. 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: ''lowest point:'' Pacific Ocean 0 m ''highest point:'' unnamed location, on Niulakita. Extreme points: 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 Natural resources: fish Land use: ''arable land:'' 0% ''permanent crops:'' 60% ''other:'' 40% (2011) Irrigated land: NA km² 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Geography of Tuvalu」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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