_#Note: defense is the responsibility of France % @New Zealand *Geography #_Total area: 268,680 km2; land area: 268,670 km2; includes Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, Bounty Islands, Campbell Island, Chatham Islands, and Kermadec Islands
_#_Comparative area: about the size of Colorado
_#_Land boundaries: none
_#_Coastline: 15,134 km
_#_Maritime claims:
Continental shelf: edge of continental margin or 200 nm;
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm;
Territorial sea: 12 nm
_#_Disputes: territorial claim in Antarctica (Ross Dependency)
_#_Climate: temperate with sharp regional contrasts