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Clipperton Island

1993 Edition — territory

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Communications
Ports [time series]
none; offshore anchorage only
Defense Forces
Affiliation [time series]
(territory of Australia)
Note [time series]
defense is the responsibility of France
Economy
Economic overview (Overview) [time series]
The only economic activity is a tuna fishing station.
Geography
Area [time series]
total area: 7 km2 land area: 7 km2 comparative area: about 12 times the size of the Mall in Washington, DC
Climate [time series]
tropical
Coastline [time series]
11.1 km
Environment - current issues (Environment) [time series]
reef about 8 km in circumference
Disputes - international (International disputes) [time series]
claimed by Mexico
Irrigated land [time series]
0 km2
Land boundaries [time series]
0 km
Land use [time series]
arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 0% forest and woodland: 0% other: 100% (all coral)
Location [time series]
in the North Pacific Ocean, 1,120 km southwest of Mexico
Map references [time series]
World
Maritime claims [time series]
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm
Natural resources [time series]
none
Terrain [time series]
coral atoll
Government
Capital [time series]
none; administered by France from French Polynesia
Digraph [time series]
IP
Independence [time series]
none (possession of France)
Country name (Names) [time series]
conventional long form: none conventional short form: Clipperton Island local long form: none local short form: Ile Clipperton former: sometimes called Ile de la Passion
Government type (Type) [time series]
French possession administered by France from French Polynesia by High Commissioner of the Republic
People
Population [time series]
uninhabited