_#_Airports: none; lagoon landings by amphibious aircraft from Western Samoa

_#_Telecommunications: telephone service between islands and to Western Samoa

_*Defense Forces #Note: defense is the responsibility of New Zealand % @Tonga *Geography #_Total area: 748 km2; land area: 718 km2

_#_Comparative area: slightly more than four times the size of Washington, DC

_#_Land boundaries: none

_#_Coastline: 419 km

_#_Maritime claims:

Continental shelf: no specific limits;

Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm;

Territorial sea: 12 nm