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- Geography
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- Total area: 5 km2; land area: 5 km2; includes Ashmore Reef
- (West, Middle, and East Islets) and Cartier Island.
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- Comparative area: about 8.5 times the size of The Mall in
- Washington, DC.
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- Land boundaries: none.
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- Coastline: 74.1 km.
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- Maritime claims:
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- Contiguous zone: 12 nm;
- Continental shelf: 200 meters or to depth of exploration;
- Exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm;
- Territorial sea: 3 nm.
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- Climate: tropical.
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- Terrain: low with sand and coral.
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- Natural resources: fish.
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- Land use: 0% arable land; 0% permanent crops; 0% meadows and
- pastures; 0% forest and woodland; 100% other--grass and sand.
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- Environment: surrounded by shoals and reefs; Ashmore Reef
- National Nature Reserve established in August 1983.
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- Note: located in extreme eastern Indian Ocean between Australia
- and Indonesia 320 km off the northwest coast of Australia.
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