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Area > A note includes Alderney, Guernsey, Herm, Sark, and some other smaller islands
Area > Comparative about one-half the size of Washington, DC
Area > Comparative to US places about one-half the size of Washington, DC
Area > Land	78 sq km		[220th of 238]
Area > Note includes Alderney, Guernsey, Herm, Sark, and some other smaller islands
Area > Total	78 sq km		[232nd of 250]
Area > Water	0 sq km		[173rd of 239]
Climate temperate with mild winters and cool summers; about 50% of days are overcast
Coastline	50 km		[197th of 271]
Elevation extremes > Highest point unnamed location on Sark 114 m
Elevation extremes > Lowest point	Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Geographic coordinates	49 28 N, 2 35 W
Geography > Note large, deepwater harbor at Saint Peter Port
Location Western Europe, islands in the English Channel, northwest of France
Map references Europe
Maritime claims > Exclusive fishing zone	12 nautical mile		[30th of 33]
Maritime claims > Territorial sea	3 nautical mile		[179th of 191]
Natural resources	cropland
Population density	337.04 people per sqkm		[29th of 256]
Terrain mostly level with low hills in southwest

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