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New Zealand's distance from world markets and spatial variation in rainfall, elevation and soil quality have defined the geography of its agriculture industry. As of 2007, almost 55 percent of New Zealand's total land area was being used for farming, which is standard compared to most developed countries.
The distance around the four points is 6,176 kilometres (3,838 mi). [citation needed] Jacquemart Island in the distance – southernmost Cape Lovitt – westernmost Forty-Fours/Motuhara – easternmost (This excludes New Zealand's claims over lands in the Ross Dependency, and its administration of the Tokelau Islands.)
The longest continuous east–west distance on land is 10,726 km ... New Zealand across Cape Horn ... (29,032 feet) Mount Everest, Tibet ...
This is a list of countries and territories by their average elevation above sea level based on the data published by Central Intelligence Agency, [1] unless another source is cited.
On the other hand, the greatest straight line distance that could in theory be covered is a trip exactly on the Equator, a distance of 40,075 kilometres (24,901 mi). The Earth's equatorial bulge makes this slightly longer than a north–south trip around the world along a set of meridian lines, which is a distance of 40,008 kilometres (24,860 mi).
New Zealand [a] is an island country ... In 1769 the British explorer Captain James Cook became the first European to set foot on and map New Zealand. In 1840, ...
Highway sign marking the 45th parallel in New Zealand. It is the line that marks the theoretical halfway point between the equator and the South Pole. The true halfway point is 16.2 km (10.1 mi) south of this parallel because Earth is not a perfect sphere, but bulges at the equator and is flattened at the poles. [1]
Weather conditions in Southland are cooler than the other regions of New Zealand due to its distance from the equator. However, they can be broken down into three types: the temperate oceanic climate of the coastal regions, the semi-continental climate of the interior and the wetter mountain climate of Fiordland to the west.