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- <text id=94CT0303><title>Christmas Island—Geography</title>
- <article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
- <hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Christmas Island<nl>Geography</hdr><body>
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- <item><hi format=bold>Location:</hi> Southeastern Asia, in the Indian Ocean, between Australia and Indonesia
- <item><hi format=bold>Area:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>total area:</hi> 135 sq km
- <item>• <hi format=ital>land area:</hi> 135 sq km
- <item>• <hi format=ital>comparative area:</hi> about 0.8 times the size of Washington, DC
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- <item><hi format=bold>Land boundaries:</hi> 0 km
- <item><hi format=bold>Coastline:</hi> 138.9 km
- <item><hi format=bold>Maritime claims:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>contiguous zone:</hi> 12 nm
- <item>• <hi format=ital>exclusive fishing zone:</hi> 200 nm
- <item>• <hi format=ital>territorial sea:</hi> 3 nm
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- <item><hi format=bold>International disputes:</hi> none
- <item><hi format=bold>Climate:</hi> tropical; heat and humidity moderated by trade winds
- <item><hi format=bold>Terrain:</hi> steep cliffs along coast rise abruptly to central plateau
- <item><hi format=bold>Natural resources:</hi> phosphate
- <item><hi format=bold>Land use:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>arable land:</hi> 0%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>permanent crops:</hi> 0%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>meadows and pastures:</hi> 0%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>forest and woodland:</hi> 0%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>other:</hi> 100%
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- <item><hi format=bold>Irrigated land:</hi> NA sq km
- <item><hi format=bold>Environment:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>current issues:</hi> NA
- <item>• <hi format=ital>natural hazards:</hi> almost completely surrounded by a reef
- <item>• <hi format=ital>international agreements:</hi> NA
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- <item><hi format=bold>Note:</hi> located along major sea lanes of Indian Ocean
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