Middle America, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, 1,120 km southwest of Mexico
10 17 N, 109 13 W
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total: 6 sq km
land: 6 sq km
water: 0 sq km
about 12 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
total: 0 km
11.1 km
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
tropical; humid, average temperature 20-32 degrees Celsius, wet season (May to October)
coral atoll
highest point: Rocher Clipperton 29 m
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
fish
agricultural land: 0% (2018 est.)
forest: 0% (2018 est.)
other: 100% (2018 est.)
subject to tropical storms and hurricanes from May to October
the atoll reef is approximately 12 km (7.5 mi) in circumference; an attempt to colonize the atoll in the early 20th century ended in disaster and was abandoned in 1917
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