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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
Definition: Geography > Area > Comparative
Source: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Area > Comparative to US places about one-half the size of Washington, DC
Definition: Geography > Area > Comparative to US places
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Area > Land	78 sq km		[220th of 238]
Definition: Geography > Area > Land
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Area > Note includes Alderney, Guernsey, Herm, Sark, and some other smaller islands
Definition: Geography > Area > Note
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Area > Total	78 sq km		[232nd of 250]
Definition: Geography > Area > Total
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Area > Water	0 sq km		[173rd of 239]
Definition: Geography > Area > Water
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Climate temperate with mild winters and cool summers; about 50% of days are overcast
Definition: Geography > Climate
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Coastline	50 km		[197th of 271]
Definition: Geography > Coastline
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Elevation extremes > Highest point unnamed location on Sark 114 m
Definition: Geography > Elevation extremes > Highest point
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Elevation extremes > Lowest point	Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Definition: Geography > Elevation extremes > Lowest point
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Geographic coordinates	49 28 N, 2 35 W
Definition: Geography > Geographic coordinates
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Geography > Note large, deepwater harbor at Saint Peter Port
Definition: Geography > Geography > Note
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Location Western Europe, islands in the English Channel, northwest of France
Definition: Geography > Location
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Map references Europe
Definition: Geography > Map references
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Maritime claims > Exclusive fishing zone	12 nautical mile		[30th of 33]
Definition: Geography > Maritime claims > Exclusive fishing zone
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Maritime claims > Territorial sea	3 nautical mile		[179th of 191]
Definition: Geography > Maritime claims > Territorial sea
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Natural resources	cropland
Definition: Geography > Natural resources
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Population density	337.04 people per sqkm		[29th of 256]
Definition: Geography > Population density
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Terrain mostly level with low hills in southwest
Definition: Geography > Terrain
Source: Heal The World Foundation.

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