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Background: This isolated atoll was named for John CLIPPERTON, an English pirate who was rumored to have made it his hideout early in the 18th century. Annexed by France in 1855 and claimed by the US, it was seized by Mexico in 1897. Arbitration eventually awarded the island to France in 1931, which took possession in 1935.


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Location: Middle America, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, 1,120 km southwest of Mexico

Geographic coordinates: 10 17 N, 109 13 W

Map reference: Political Map of the World

Area
Total: 6 km²
Land: 6 km²
Water: 0 km²
Rank: 248
Comparative: about 12 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 11.1 km

Maritime claims
Territorial sea: 12 nm
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Climate: tropical; humid, average temperature 20-32 degrees Celsius, wet season (May to October)

Terrain: coral atoll

Elevation: 0 m
Note: lowest point: Pacific Ocean

Natural resources: fish

Land use
Agricultural land: 0% (2011 est.)
Forest: 0% (2011 est.)
Other: 100% (2011 est.)

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Natural hazards: subject to tropical storms and hurricanes from May to October

Geography
Note: 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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Population
Note: uninhabited

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Current issues: no natural resources, guano deposits depleted; the ring-shaped atoll encloses a stagnant fresh-water lagoon

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Country name
Conventional long form: none
Conventional short form: Clipperton Island
Local long form: none
Local short form: Ile Clipperton
Former: sometimes referred to as Ile de la Passion or Atoll Clipperton
Etymology: named after an 18th-century English pirate who supposedly used the island as a base

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Legal system: the laws of France apply

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Flag description: the flag of France is used

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Economy overview: Although 115 species of fish have been identified in the territorial waters of Clipperton Island, tuna fishing is the only economically viable species.

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Ports and terminals: none; offshore anchorage only


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Disputes international: none

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