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Geography
Total area: 194 km2; land area: 194 km2; includes Alderney,
Guernsey, Herm, Sark, and some other smaller islands.
Comparative area: slightly larger than Washington, DC.
Land boundaries: none.
Coastline: 50 km.
Maritime claims:
Continental shelf: 200 meters or to depth of exploitation;
Exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm;
Territorial sea: 3 nm.
Climate: temperate with mild winters and cool summers; about
50% of days are overcast.
Terrain: mostly level with low hills in southwest.
Natural resources: cropland.
Land use: NA% arable land; NA% permanent crops; NA% meadows
and pastures; NA% forest and woodland; NA% other; about
50% cultivated.
Environment: large, deepwater harbor at St. Peter Port.
Note: 52 km west of France.