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Clipperton Island
1995 Edition — territory
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Defense Forces
Note
[time series]
defense is the responsibility of France COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS (territory of Australia)
Economy
Economic overview
(Overview)
[time series]
The only economic activity is a tuna fishing station.
Geography
Area
[time series]
total area: 7 sq km land area: 7 sq km 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]
current issues: NA natural hazards: NA international agreements: NA
Disputes - international
(International disputes)
[time series]
claimed by Mexico
Irrigated land
[time series]
0 sq km
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]
Middle America, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, southwest of Mexico
Map references
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World
Maritime claims
[time series]
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm
Natural resources
[time series]
none
Note
[time series]
reef about 8 km in circumference
Terrain
[time series]
coral atoll
Government
Capital
[time series]
none; administered by France from French Polynesia
Digraph
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IP
Independence
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none (possession of France)
Country name
(Names)
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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
Transportation
Ports
[time series]
none; offshore anchorage only