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CLIPPERTON ISLAND

 (possession of France) 

@Clipperton Island:Geography

 Location: Middle America, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, southwest
 of Mexico

 Map references: World

 Area:
 total area: 7 sq km
 land area: 7 sq km
 comparative area: about 12 times the size of The Mall in Washington,
 DC

 Land boundaries: 0 km

 Coastline: 11.1 km

 Maritime claims:
 exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
 territorial sea: 12 nm

 International disputes: claimed by Mexico

 Climate: tropical

 Terrain: coral atoll

 Natural resources: none

 Land use:
 arable land: 0%
 permanent crops: 0%
 meadows and pastures: 0%
 forest and woodland: 0%
 other: 100% (all coral)

 Irrigated land: 0 sq km

 Environment:
 current issues: NA
 natural hazards: NA
 international agreements: NA

 Note: reef about 8 km in circumference

@Clipperton Island:People

 Population: uninhabited

@Clipperton Island:Government

 Names:
 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

 Digraph: IP

 Type: French possession administered by France from French Polynesia
 by High Commissioner of the Republic

 Capital: none; administered by France from French Polynesia

 Independence: none (possession of France)

Economy

 Overview: The only economic activity is a tuna fishing station.

@Clipperton Island:Transportation

 Ports: none; offshore anchorage only

@Clipperton Island:Defense Forces

 Note: defense is the responsibility of France


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