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- Geography
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- Total area: undetermined; includes numerous small islands
- and reefs scattered over a sea area of about 1 million km2,
- with Willis Islets the most important.
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- Comparative area: undetermined.
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- Land boundaries: none.
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- Coastline: 3,095 km.
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- Maritime claims:
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- Contiguous zone: 12 nm;
- Continental shelf: 200 meters or to depth of exploitation;
- Exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm;
- Territorial sea: 3 nm.
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- Climate: tropical.
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- Terrain: sand and coral reefs and islands (or cays).
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- Natural resources: negligible.
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- Land use: 0% arable land; 0% permanent crops; 0% meadows
- and pastures; 0% forest and woodland; 100% other, mostly
- grass or scrub cover; Lihou Reef Reserve and Coringa-Herald
- Reserve were declared National Nature Reserves on 3 August 1982.
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- Environment: subject to occasional tropical cyclones; no
- permanent fresh water; important nesting area for birds
- and turtles.
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- Note: the islands are located just off the northeast coast
- of Australia in the Coral Sea.
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