Clipperton Island:
Geography


Background	Definition This isolated island was named for John CLIPPERTON, a pirate who made it his hideout early in the 18th century. Annexed by France in 1855, it was seized by Mexico in 1897. Arbitration eventually awarded the island to France, which took possession in 1935.

Location	Definition Middle America, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, 1,120 km southwest of Mexico
Geographic coordinates	Definition 10 17 N, 109 13 W
Map references	Definition Political Map of the World
Area	Definition - World rank and map total: 6 sq km land: 6 sq km water: 0 sq km
Area - comparative	Definition about 12 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Land boundaries	Definition 0 km
Coastline	Definition 11.1 km
Maritime claims	Definition territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Climate	Definition tropical; humid, average temperature 20-32 degrees C, wet season (May to October)
Terrain	Definition coral atoll
Elevation extremes	Definition lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: Rocher Clipperton 29 m
Natural resources	Definition fish
Land use	Definition - World rank and map arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (all coral) (2005)
Irrigated land	Definition 0 sq km
Natural hazards	Definition NA
Environment - current issues	Definition NA
Geography - note	Definition reef 12 km in circumference