Location:
Western Europe, island in the English Channel, northwest of France
Geographic coordinates:
49 15 N, 2 10 W
Map references:
Europe
Area:
Area - comparative: Land boundaries:
0 km
Coastline: Maritime claims:
Climate: Terrain: Elevation extremes:
Natural resources: Land use:
Irrigated land: Environment - current issues: Geography - note:
total:
116 sq km
country comparison to the world: 225
land:
116 sq km
water:
0 sq km
about two-thirds the size of Washington, DC
[see also: Land boundaries country ranks ]
70 km
[see also: Coastline country ranks ]
territorial sea:
3 nm
exclusive fishing zone:
12 nm
temperate; mild winters and cool summers
gently rolling plain with low, rugged hills along north coast
lowest point:
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:
unnamed elevation 143 m
arable land
arable land:
NA
permanent crops:
NA
other:
NA
NA
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NA
largest and southernmost of Channel Islands; about 30% of population concentrated in Saint Helier