Total area: 7 km2

Comparative area: about 12 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC

Land boundaries: none

Coastline: 11.1 km

Maritime claims:
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Territorial sea: 12 nm

Disputes: claimed by Mexico

Climate: tropical

Terrain: coral atoll

Natural resources: none

Land use: arable land 0%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and pastures 0%; forest and woodland 0%; other (coral) 100%

Environment: reef about 8 km in circumference

Note: located 1,120 km southwest of Mexico in the North Pacific Ocean; also called Ile de la Passion

NOTE: The information regarding Clipperton Island on this page is re-published from the 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Clipperton Island Geography 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Clipperton Island Geography 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.