North Pacific Ocean, 4,600 km total (1989); 960,000

usable: 163 with permanent-surface runways: 33 with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 0 with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 1 Telecommunications: fully automatic domestic system poor but improving; provides only minimal service with Sydney; 987 telephones (1983); broadcast stations - 1 AM, no FM, several

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