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Geography
The Cook Islands are in the South Pacific Ocean, north-east of New Zealand, between French Polynesia and Fiji. There are fifteen major islands, spread over 2.2 million square kilometres of ocean, divided into two distinct groups: the Southern Cook Islands, and the Northern Cook Islands of coral atolls.
The islands were formed by volcanic activity; the northern group is older and consists of six atolls (sunken volcanoes topped by coral growth). The climate is moderate to tropical.
The fifteen islands are grouped as follows:
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Southern Group
- Aitutaki
- Atiu (Enua-Manu or Island of Birds)
- Mangaia
- Mauke (Akatokamanava)
- Rarotonga (with capital, Avarua)
- Palmerston Island
- Manuae
- Mitiaro
- Takutea
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Northern Group
- Manihiki
- Nassau
- Penrhyn Island also known as Tongareva
- Pukapuka
- Rakahanga
- Suwarrow also called Suvorov
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