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 Norfolk Island (2005)Atlantic Ocean (2004)
 Norfolk IslandAtlantic Ocean
Administrative divisions none (territory of Australia) -
Age structure 0-14 years: 20.2%


15-64 years: 63.9%


65 years and over: 15.9% (2005 est.)
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Agriculture - products Norfolk Island pine seed, Kentia palm seed, cereals, vegetables, fruit; cattle, poultry -
Airports 1 (2004 est.) -
Airports - with paved runways total: 1


1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2004 est.)
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Area total: 34.6 sq km


land: 34.6 sq km


water: 0 sq km
total: 76.762 million sq km


note: includes Baltic Sea, Black Sea, Caribbean Sea, Davis Strait, Denmark Strait, part of the Drake Passage, Gulf of Mexico, Labrador Sea, Mediterranean Sea, North Sea, Norwegian Sea, almost all of the Scotia Sea, and other tributary water bodies
Area - comparative about 0.2 times the size of Washington, DC slightly less than 6.5 times the size of the US
Background Two British attempts at establishing the island as a penal colony (1788-1814 and 1825-55) were ultimately abandoned. In 1856, the island was resettled by Pitcairn Islanders, descendants of the Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian companions. The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five oceans (after the Pacific Ocean, but larger than the Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean, and Arctic Ocean). The Kiel Canal (Germany), Oresund (Denmark-Sweden), Bosporus (Turkey), Strait of Gibraltar (Morocco-Spain), and the Saint Lawrence Seaway (Canada-US) are important strategic access waterways. The decision by the International Hydrographic Organization in the spring of 2000 to delimit a fifth world ocean, the Southern Ocean, removed the portion of the Atlantic Ocean south of 60 degrees south.
Birth rate NA -
Budget revenues: $20 million


expenditures: $20 million, including capital expenditures of $2 million (FY99/00)
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Capital Kingston -
Climate subtropical; mild, little seasonal temperature variation tropical cyclones (hurricanes) develop off the coast of Africa near Cape Verde and move westward into the Caribbean Sea; hurricanes can occur from May to December, but are most frequent from August to November
Coastline 32 km 111,866 km
Constitution Norfolk Island Act of 1979 -
Country name conventional long form: Territory of Norfolk Island


conventional short form: Norfolk Island
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Death rate NA -
Debt - external NA -
Dependency status territory of Australia; Canberra administers Commonwealth responsibilities on Norfolk Island through the Department of Environment, Sport, and Territories -
Diplomatic representation from the US none (territory of Australia) -
Diplomatic representation in the US none (territory of Australia) -
Disputes - international none some maritime disputes (see littoral states)
Economic aid - recipient NA -
Economy - overview Tourism, the primary economic activity, has steadily increased over the years and has brought a level of prosperity unusual among inhabitants of the Pacific islands. The agricultural sector has become self-sufficient in the production of beef, poultry, and eggs. The Atlantic Ocean provides some of the world's most heavily trafficked sea routes, between and within the Eastern and Western Hemispheres. Other economic activity includes the exploitation of natural resources, e.g., fishing, the dredging of aragonite sands (The Bahamas), and production of crude oil and natural gas (Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and North Sea).
Electricity - consumption NA kWh -
Electricity - production NA kWh -
Elevation extremes lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m


highest point: Mount Bates 319 m
lowest point: Milwaukee Deep in the Puerto Rico Trench -8,605 m


highest point: sea level 0 m
Environment - current issues NA endangered marine species include the manatee, seals, sea lions, turtles, and whales; drift net fishing is hastening the decline of fish stocks and contributing to international disputes; municipal sludge pollution off eastern US, southern Brazil, and eastern Argentina; oil pollution in Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Lake Maracaibo, Mediterranean Sea, and North Sea; industrial waste and municipal sewage pollution in Baltic Sea, North Sea, and Mediterranean Sea
Ethnic groups descendants of the Bounty mutineers, Australian, New Zealander, Polynesians -
Exchange rates Australian dollars per US dollar - 1.3598 (2004), 1.5419 (2003), 1.8406 (2002), 1.9334 (2001), 1.7248 (2000) -
Executive branch chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); the UK and Australia are represented by Administrator Grant TAMBLING (since 1 November 2003)


head of government: Assembly President and Chief Minister Geoffrey Robert GARDNER (since 5 December 2001)


cabinet: Executive Council is made up of four of the nine members of the Legislative Assembly; the council devises government policy and acts as an advisor to the administrator


elections: the monarch is hereditary; administrator appointed by the governor general of Australia; chief minister elected by the Legislative Assembly for a term of not more than three years; election last held 20 Ocotber 2004 (next to be held by December 2007)


election results: Geoffrey Robert GARDNER elected chief minister; percent of Legislative Assembly vote - 17.2%
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Exports $1.5 million f.o.b. (FY99/00) -
Exports - commodities postage stamps, seeds of the Norfolk Island pine and Kentia palm, small quantities of avocados -
Exports - partners Australia, other Pacific island countries, NZ, Asia, Europe -
Fiscal year 1 July - 30 June -
Flag description three vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and green with a large green Norfolk Island pine tree centered in the slightly wider white band -
GDP - composition by sector agriculture: NA


industry: NA


services: NA
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GDP - per capita purchasing power parity - NA -
GDP - real growth rate NA -
Geographic coordinates 29 02 S, 167 57 E 0 00 N, 25 00 W
Geography - note most of the 32-km coastline consists of almost inaccessible cliffs, but the land slopes down to the sea in one small southern area on Sydney Bay, where the capital of Kingston is situated major chokepoints include the Dardanelles, Strait of Gibraltar, access to the Panama and Suez Canals; strategic straits include the Strait of Dover, Straits of Florida, Mona Passage, The Sound (Oresund), and Windward Passage; the Equator divides the Atlantic Ocean into the North Atlantic Ocean and South Atlantic Ocean
Highways total: 80 km


paved: 53 km


unpaved: 27 km (2001)
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Household income or consumption by percentage share lowest 10%: NA


highest 10%: NA
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Imports $17.9 million c.i.f. (FY91/92) -
Imports - commodities NA -
Imports - partners Australia, other Pacific island countries, NZ, Asia, Europe -
Independence none (territory of Australia) -
Industrial production growth rate NA -
Industries tourism, light industry, ready mixed concrete -
Infant mortality rate total: NA


male: NA


female: NA
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Inflation rate (consumer prices) NA -
International organization participation UPU -
Irrigated land NA -
Judicial branch Supreme Court; Court of Petty Sessions -
Labor force 1,345 -
Labor force - by occupation tourism 90%, subsistence agriculture 10% -
Land boundaries 0 km -
Land use arable land: 0%


permanent crops: 0%


other: 100% (2001)
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Languages English (official), Norfolk a mixture of 18th century English and ancient Tahitian -
Legal system based on the laws of Australia, local ordinances and acts; English common law applies in matters not covered by either Australian or Norfolk Island law -
Legislative branch unicameral Legislative Assembly (9 seats; members elected by electors who have nine equal votes each but only four votes can be given to any one candidate; members serve three-year terms)


elections: last held 20 October 2004 (next to be held by December 2007)


election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - independents 9 (note - no political parties)
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Life expectancy at birth total population: NA


male: NA


female: NA
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Literacy NA -
Location Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Australia body of water between Africa, Europe, the Southern Ocean, and the Western Hemisphere
Map references Oceania Political Map of the World
Maritime claims territorial sea: 12 nm


exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
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Military - note defense is the responsibility of Australia -
National holiday Bounty Day (commemorates the arrival of Pitcairn Islanders), 8 June (1856) -
Nationality noun: Norfolk Islander(s)


adjective: Norfolk Islander(s)
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Natural hazards typhoons (especially May to July) icebergs common in Davis Strait, Denmark Strait, and the northwestern Atlantic Ocean from February to August and have been spotted as far south as Bermuda and the Madeira Islands; ships subject to superstructure icing in extreme northern Atlantic from October to May; persistent fog can be a maritime hazard from May to September; hurricanes (May to December)
Natural resources fish oil and gas fields, fish, marine mammals (seals and whales), sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, polymetallic nodules, precious stones
Net migration rate NA -
Political parties and leaders none -
Political pressure groups and leaders none -
Population 1,828 (July 2005 est.) -
Population below poverty line NA -
Population growth rate -0.01% (2005 est.) -
Ports and harbors none; loading jetties at Kingston and Cascade Alexandria (Egypt), Algiers (Algeria), Antwerp (Belgium), Barcelona (Spain), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Casablanca (Morocco), Colon (Panama), Copenhagen (Denmark), Dakar (Senegal), Gdansk (Poland), Hamburg (Germany), Helsinki (Finland), Las Palmas (Canary Islands, Spain), Le Havre (France), Lisbon (Portugal), London (UK), Marseille (France), Montevideo (Uruguay), Montreal (Canada), Naples (Italy), New Orleans (US), New York (US), Oran (Algeria), Oslo (Norway), Peiraiefs or Piraeus (Greece), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Rotterdam (Netherlands), Saint Petersburg (Russia), Stockholm (Sweden)
Radio broadcast stations AM 1, FM 3, shortwave 0 (2005) -
Religions Anglican 34.9%, Roman Catholic 11.7%, Uniting Church in Australia 11.2%, Seventh-Day Adventist 2.8%, Australian Christian 2.4%, Jehovah's Witness 0.9%, other 2.7%, unspecified 15.3%, none 18.1% (2001 census) -
Sex ratio NA -
Suffrage 18 years of age; universal -
Telephone system general assessment: adequate


domestic: free local calls


international: country code - 672; undersea coaxial cable links with Australia, New Zealand, and Canada; satellite earth station
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Telephones - main lines in use 2,532; note - a mix of analog (2500) and digital (32) circuits (2004) -
Telephones - mobile cellular 0 (proposed cellular service disallowed in August 2002 island referendum) (2002) -
Television broadcast stations 1 (local programming station plus two repeaters that bring in Australian programs by satellite) (2005) -
Terrain volcanic formation with mostly rolling plains surface usually covered with sea ice in Labrador Sea, Denmark Strait, and coastal portions of the Baltic Sea from October to June; clockwise warm-water gyre (broad, circular system of currents) in the northern Atlantic, counterclockwise warm-water gyre in the southern Atlantic; the ocean floor is dominated by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a rugged north-south centerline for the entire Atlantic basin
Total fertility rate NA -
Transportation - note - Kiel Canal and Saint Lawrence Seaway are two important waterways; significant domestic commercial and recreational use of Intracoastal Waterway on central and south Atlantic seaboard and Gulf of Mexico coast of US
Unemployment rate 0% -
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