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Geography
Total area: 117 km2; land area: 117 km2.
Comparative area: about 0.7 times the size of Washington, DC.
Land boundaries: none.
Coastline: 70 km.
Maritime claims:
Continental shelf: 200 meters or to depth of exploitation;
Exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm;
Territorial sea: 3 nm.
Climate: temperate; mild winters and cool summers.
Terrain: gently rolling plain with low, rugged hills along
north coast.
Natural resources: agricultural land.
Land use: NA% arable land; NA% permanent crops; NA% meadows
and pastures; NA% forest and woodland; NA% other; about
58% of land under cultivation.
Environment: about 30% of population concentrated in Saint
Helier.
Note: largest and southernmost of Channel Islands; 27 km
from France.