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Saint Helena Geography 1996

Affiliation:

(dependent territory of the UK)

Location:

Southern Africa, island in the South Atlantic Ocean, west of Angola, about two-thirds of the way from South America to Africa

Map references:

Africa

Area:

total area:

410 sq km

land area:

410 sq km

comparative area:

slightly more than 2.3 times the size of Washington, DC

note:

includes Ascension, Gough Island, Inaccessible Island, Nightingale Island, and Tristan da Cunha

Land boundaries:

0 km

Coastline:

60 km

Maritime claims:

exclusive fishing zone:

200 nm

territorial sea:

12 nm

International disputes:

none

Climate:

tropical; marine; mild, tempered by trade winds

Terrain:

rugged, volcanic; small scattered plateaus and plains

Natural resources:

fish; Ascension is a breeding ground for sea turtles and sooty terns, no minerals

Land use:

arable land:

permanent crops:

meadows and pastures:

forest and woodland:

other:

83%

Irrigated land:

NA sq km

Environment:

current issues:

natural hazards:

active volcanism on Tristan da Cunha

international agreements:

Note:

Napoleon Bonaparte's place of exile and burial (the remains were taken to Paris in 1840); harbors at least 40 species of plants unknown anywhere else in the world

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