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Geography
Total area: 4.4 km2; land area: 4.4 km2.
Comparative area: about 7.5 times the size of The Mall in
Washington, DC.
Land boundaries: none.
Coastline: 24.1 km.
Maritime claims:
Contiguous zone: 12 nm;
Continental shelf: 200 meters or to depth of exploitation;
Extended economic zone: 200 nm;
Territorial sea: 12 nm.
Disputes: claimed by Madagascar.
Climate: tropical.
Terrain: undetermined.
Natural resources: guano deposits and other fertilizers.
Land use: 0% arable land; 0% permanent crops; 0% meadows
and pastures; 90% forest and woodland; 10% other.
Environment: subject to periodic cyclones; wildlife sanctuary.
Note: located in the central Mozambique Channel about halfway
between Africa and Madagascar.