<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Saint Helena<nl>Geography</hdr><body>
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<item><hi format=bold>Location:</hi> Southern Africa, in the South Atlantic Ocean, 1,920 km west of Angola, about two-thirds of the way between South America and Africa
<item><hi format=bold>Area:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>total area:</hi> 410 sq km
<item>• <hi format=ital>land area:</hi> 410 sq km
<item>• <hi format=ital>comparative area:</hi> slightly more than 2.3 times the size of Washington, DC
<item>• <hi format=ital>note:</hi> includes Ascension, Gough Island, Inaccessible Island, Nightingale Island, and Tristan da Cunha
<item><hi format=bold>Climate:</hi> tropical; marine; mild, tempered by trade winds
<item><hi format=bold>Terrain:</hi> rugged, volcanic; small scattered plateaus and plains
<item><hi format=bold>Natural resources:</hi> fish; Ascension is a breeding ground for sea turtles and sooty terns, no minerals
<item><hi format=bold>Land use:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>arable land:</hi> 7%
<item>• <hi format=ital>permanent crops:</hi> 0%
<item>• <hi format=ital>meadows and pastures:</hi> 7%
<item>• <hi format=ital>forest and woodland:</hi> 3%
<item>• <hi format=ital>other:</hi> 83%
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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> active volcanism on Tristan da Cunha
<item>• <hi format=ital>international agreements:</hi> NA
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<item><hi format=bold>Note:</hi> 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