Location:
Middle America, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, 1,120 km southwest of Mexico
Geographic coordinates:
10 17 N, 109 13 W
Map references:
Political Map of the World
Area:
Area - comparative: Land boundaries:
0 km
Coastline: Maritime claims:
Climate: Terrain: Elevation extremes:
Natural resources: Land use:
Environment - current issues: Geography - note:
total:
6 sq km
country comparison to the world: 245
land:
6 sq km
water:
0 sq km
about 12 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
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11.1 km
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territorial sea:
12 nm
exclusive economic zone:
200 nm
tropical; humid, average temperature 20-32 degrees C, wet season (May to October)
coral atoll
lowest point:
Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Rocher Clipperton 29 m
fish
arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (all coral) (2011)
NA
the atoll reef is approximately 12 km (7.5 mi) in circumference; an effort to colonize the atoll in the early 20th century ended in disaster and was abandoned in 1917