Area > comparative
somewhat larger than the US
slightly more than twice the size of Washington, DC
DEFINITION:
The area of various small countries expressed in comparison to various areas within the United States of America.
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
Area > Comparative to US places
somewhat larger than the US
slightly more than twice the size of Washington, DC
DEFINITION:
This entry provides an area comparison based on total area equivalents. Most entities are compared with the entire US or one of the 50 states based on area measurements (1990 revised) provided by the US Bureau of the Census. The smaller entities are compared with Washington, DC (178 sq km, 69 sq mi) or The Mall in Washington, DC (0.59 sq km, 0.23 sq mi, 146 acres).
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Area > total
9,984,670 sq km
413 sq km
DEFINITION:
Total area in square kilometers
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
Ranked 8th in 2008. 24175 times more than Saint Helena
Ranked 205th in 2008.
Area > total (per capita)
300.6 sq km
per 1,000 people
54.3 sq km
per 1,000 people
DEFINITION:
Total area in square kilometers Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
Ranked 12th in 2008. 5 times more than Saint Helena
Ranked 43rd in 2008.
Climate
varies from temperate in south to subarctic and arctic in north
Saint Helena - tropical; marine; mild, tempered by trade winds; Tristan da Cunha - temperate; marine, mild, tempered by trade winds (tends to be cooler than Saint Helena)
DEFINITION:
A brief description of typical weather regimes throughout the year.
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
Coastline
202,080 km
60 km
DEFINITION:
The total length of the boundary between the land area (including islands) and the sea.
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
Ranked 1st. 3367 times more than Saint Helena
Ranked 190th.
Elevation extremes > highest point
Mount Logan 5,959 m
Queen Mary's Peak on Tristan da Cunha 2,062 m; Green Mountain on Ascension Island 859 m; Mount Actaeon on Saint Helena Island 818 m
DEFINITION:
Highest point above sea level
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
Elevation extremes > lowest point
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
DEFINITION:
Lowest point relative to sea level
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
Forested Land
26.5%
6.5%
DEFINITION:
Forested land as a proportion of total land area, estimate by FAO
SOURCE:
FAO
Ranked 104th. 3 times more than Saint Helena
Ranked 158th.
Geography > note
second-largest country in world (after Russia); strategic location between Russia and US via north polar route; approximately 90% of the population is concentrated within 160 km of the US border
Saint Helena harbors at least 40 species of plants unknown anywhere else in the world; Ascension is a breeding ground for sea turtles and sooty terns; Queen Mary's Peak on Tristan da Cunha is the highest island mountain in the South Atlantic and a prominent landmark on the sea lanes around southern Africa
DEFINITION:
This entry includes miscellaneous geographic information of significance not included elsewhere.
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
Land use > arable land
4.57 %
12.9 %
DEFINITION:
The percentage of used land that is arable. Arable land is land cultivated for crops that are replanted after each harvest like wheat, maize, and rice
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
Ranked 153rd in 2005.
Ranked 88th in 2005. 182% more than Canada
Land use > other
94.78 %
87.1 %
DEFINITION:
The percentage share of used land that is not arable or under permanent crops. This includes permanent meadows and pastures, forests and woodlands, built-on areas, roads, barren land, etc.
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
Ranked 79th in 2005. 9% more than Saint Helena
Ranked 130th in 2005.
Location
Northern North America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean on the east, North Pacific Ocean on the west, and the Arctic Ocean on the north, north of the conterminous US
islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, about midway between South America and Africa; Ascension Island lies 700 nm northwest of Saint Helena; Tristan da Cunha lies 2300 nm southwest of Saint Helena
DEFINITION:
The country's regional location, neighboring countries, and adjacent bodies of water.
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
Map references
North America
Africa
DEFINITION:
The name of the CIA World Factbook reference map on which a country may be found. The entry on Geographic coordinates may be helpful in finding some smaller countries.
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
Maritime claims > territorial sea
12 nautical mile
12 nautical mile
DEFINITION:
territorial sea - the sovereignty of a coastal State extends beyond its land territory and internal waters to an adjacent belt of sea, described as the territorial sea in the LOS Convention (Part II); this sovereignty extends to the air space over the territorial sea as well as its underlying seabed and subsoil; every State has the right to establish the breadth of its territorial sea up to a limit not exceeding 12 nautical miles. A full and definitive definition can be found in the Law of the Sea (LOS) Convention.
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
Ranked 124th in 2008.
Ranked 131st in 2008.
Natural hazards
continuous permafrost in north is a serious obstacle to development; cyclonic storms form east of the Rocky Mountains, a result of the mixing of air masses from the Arctic, Pacific, and North American interior, and produce most of the country's rain and snow east of the mountains
active volcanism on Tristan da Cunha, last eruption in 1961
DEFINITION:
Potential natural disasters.
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
Natural resources
iron ore, nickel, zinc, copper, gold, lead, molybdenum, potash, diamonds, silver, fish, timber, wildlife, coal, petroleum, natural gas, hydropower
fish, lobster
DEFINITION:
A country's mineral, petroleum, hydropower, and other resources of commercial importance.
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
Population density
3.36 people per sqkm
17.43 people per sqkm
DEFINITION:
People per square kilometre, in 1999. At this time the world average was 14.42.
SOURCE:
Heal The World Foundation.
Ranked 218th.
Ranked 187th. 4 times more than Canada
tallest mountains > Mountain
Mount Logan
Queen Mary's Peak
DEFINITION:
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: List of tallest mountains by country
Terrain
mostly plains with mountains in west and lowlands in southeast
the islands of this group result from volcanic activity associated with the Atlantic Mid-Ocean Ridge
DEFINITION:
A brief description of the topography
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
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