Area: 2, 69, 057 sq. km (excluding dependencies)
Population: 3.8 million
Latitude: 34˚ 05’ - 47˚ 20’ S
Capital: wellington
Longitude: 166˚ 10’ - 178˚ 20’ E
Situation: the three main islands of New Zealand are situated to the south east of Australia and 10,000 km west of Chile in the south Pacific Ocean. The two larger islands, north and south islands are long and narrow and the third, Stewart island, is the smaller one.
PHYSICAL FEATURES
SOUTHERN ALPS
The mountains of the south Island, includes the country’s highest peak, Mount Cook 3, 764 m).
CANTERBURY PLAINS.
· the most extensive plainsman example of Piedmont alluvial plain crossed by river cover 12,500 km of the south Island’s east coast.
· The chief farming region in New Zealand.
MOUNT EGMONT
