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New Zealand claims the ninth largest exclusive economic zone in the world, covering 4,083,744 km 2 (1,576,742 sq mi), more than 15 times its land area. [ 7 ] The South Island is the largest land mass of New Zealand, and is the 12th-largest island in the world.
New Zealand is long and narrow—over 1,600 kilometres (990 mi) along its north-north-east axis with a maximum width of 400 kilometres (250 mi) [93] —with about 15,000 km (9,300 mi) of coastline [94] and a total land area of 268,000 square kilometres (103,500 sq mi). [95]
The cartography of New Zealand is the history of surveying and creation of maps of New Zealand. Surveying in New Zealand began with the arrival of Abel Tasman in the mid 17th century. [ 1 ] Cartography and surveying have developed in incremental steps since that time till the integration of New Zealand into a global system based on GPS and the ...
A true-colour image of the South Island, after a powerful winter storm swept across New Zealand on 12 June 2006 Lake Ōhau Aoraki / Mount Cook is the tallest mountain in New Zealand. The South Island, with an area of 150,437 km 2 (58,084 sq mi), [1] is the largest landmass of New Zealand; it contains about one-quarter of the New Zealand ...
At the end of 2015 Google Maps announced its new offline functionality, [220] but with various limitations – downloaded area cannot exceed 120,000 square kilometers [221] [222] and require a considerable amount of storage space. [223]
Land Information New Zealand is the government agency responsible for providing up-to-date topographic mapping. LINZ topographic maps cover all of New Zealand, offshore islands, some Pacific Islands and the Ross Sea Region. [37] The standard issue NZTopo map series was published September 2009 at 1:50,000 (NZTopo50), and 1:250,000 (NZTopo250).
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The island's area is 113,729 square kilometres (43,911 sq mi), [2] making it the world's 14th-largest island. It has a population of 4,077,800 (June 2024), [3] accounting for approximately 76% of the total residents of New Zealand. [4] Twelve main urban areas (half of them officially cities) are in the North Island.