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Wallis and Futuna Islands: map and facts

The Wallis and Futuna Islands is in Polynesia. It has 11,370 people (2023). It covers 140 km². That is about 81 people per km². Its highest point is Mont Puke, at 524 m.

The Wallis and Futuna Islands and the sea around it. The triangle marks its highest point, Mont Puke; the circle marks its capital, Mata-Utu. Boundaries follow India’s official position.

Facts

Population: 11,370 (2023, UN World Population Prospects)
Area: 140 km² (area as drawn on this map)
Capital: Mata-Utu
Highest point: Mont Puke, 524 m (CIA World Factbook (archived))

Mountains and landscapes

Its highest peaks:

Mont Puke: 524 m (its highest point)

Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Wallis.

Land

Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): plains 54.9%, hills 45.1%.

Neighbours

The Wallis and Futuna Islands has no land borders on this map.

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Sources

India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.

Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024. CC BY 3.0 IGO. Terms
Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
Some figures corrected by Make Me Smarter from published references: Australian Bureau of Statistics; Atlas of Canada; CIA World Factbook (archived); FAO; FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025; FSM Statistics; GeoNames; Gilbertson & Gilbertson's GPS surveys of national high points; INEGI (Mexico); Peaklist.org; PeakVisor; Government of the Pitcairn Islands; Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program; Statistics Finland; UN Demographic Yearbook; UN World Population Prospects 2024; Wikidata; Wikipedia.

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