Country:  Clipperton Island
(French possession)
- Geography
Total area: undetermined
 
Comparative area: undetermined
 
Land boundaries: none
 
Coastline: 11.1 km
 
Maritime claims:
 
Contiguous zone: 12 nm;
 
Continental shelf: 200 meters or to depth of exploitation;
 
Extended economic zone: 200 nm;
 
Territorial sea: 12 nm
 
Climate: tropical
 
Terrain: coral atoll
 
Natural resources: none
 
Land use: 0% arable land; 0% permanent crops; 0% meadows and pastures;
0% forest and woodland; 100% other (coral)
 
Environment: reef about 8 km in circumference
 
Note: located 1,120 km southwest of Mexico in the North Pacific Ocean
 
- People
Population: uninhabited
 
- Government
Long-form name: none
 
Type: French possession administered by High Commissioner of the
Republic Jean MONTPEZAT, resident in French Polynesia
 
- Economy
Overview: no economic activity
 
- Communications
Ports: none; offshore anchorage only
 
- Defense Forces
Note: defense is the responsibility of France