Geography of French Polynesia
| Location: | Oceania, archipelagoes in the South Pacific Ocean about one-half of the way from South America to Australia |
| Geographic coordinates: | 15 00 S, 140 00 W |
| Map references: | Oceania |
| Area: | total: 4,167 sq km (118 islands and atolls) land: 3,660 sq km water: 507 sq km |
| Area - comparative: | slightly less than one-third the size of Connecticut |
| Land boundaries: | 0 km |
| Coastline: | 2,525 km |
| Maritime claims: | territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
| Climate: | tropical, but moderate |
| Terrain: | mixture of rugged high islands and low islands with reefs |
| Elevation extremes: | lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: Mont Orohena 2,241 m |
| Natural resources: | timber, fish, cobalt, hydropower |
| Land use: | arable land: 0.75% permanent crops: 5.5% other: 93.75% (2005) |
| Irrigated land: | 10 sq km (2003) |
| Natural hazards: | occasional cyclonic storms in January |
| Environment - current issues: | NA |
| Geography - note: | includes five archipelagoes (4 volcanic, 1 coral); Makatea in French Polynesia is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean - the others are Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati and Nauru |