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Geography Stats: compare key data on Atlantic Ocean & Australia

Definitions

  • Area > Comparative: The area of various small countries expressed in comparison to various areas within the United States of America.
  • Area > Comparative to US places: 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).
  • Area > Note: This entry includes three subfields. Total area is the sum of all land and water areas delimited by international boundaries and/or coastlines. Land area is the aggregate of all surfaces delimited by international boundaries and/or coastlines, excluding inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers). Water area is the sum of the surfaces of all inland water bodies, such as lakes, reservoirs, or rivers, as delimited by international boundaries and/or coastlines.
  • Area > Total: Total area in square kilometers
  • Climate: A brief description of typical weather regimes throughout the year.
  • Coastline: The total length of the boundary between the land area (including islands) and the sea.
  • Elevation extremes > Highest point: Highest point above sea level
  • Geographic coordinates: This entry includes rounded latitude and longitude figures for the purpose of finding the approximate geographic center of an entity and is based on the Gazetteer of Conventional Names, Third Edition, August 1988, US Board on Geographic Names and on other sources.
  • Note: This entry includes miscellaneous geographic information of significance not included elsewhere.
  • Location: The country's regional location, neighboring countries, and adjacent bodies of water.
  • Map references: 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.
  • Natural hazards: Potential natural disasters.
  • Natural resources: A country's mineral, petroleum, hydropower, and other resources of commercial importance.
  • Terrain: A brief description of the topography
STAT Atlantic Ocean Australia HISTORY
Area > A note includes <a href=/encyclopedia/Baltic-Sea><a href=/encyclopedia/Baltic-Sea>Baltic</a></a> Sea, <a href=/encyclopedia/Race-(US-Census)>Black</a> Sea, <a href=/kp/Caribbean>Caribbean</a> Sea, Davis Strait, <a href=/country/da><a href=/country/da>Denmark</a></a> Strait, part of the Drake Passage, Gulf of <a href=/country/mx><a href=/country/mx>Mexico</a></a>, <a href=/encyclopedia/Mediterranean-Sea>Mediterranean</a> Sea, <a href=/kp/North>North</a> Sea, <a href=/encyclopedia/Norway><a href=/country/no>Norwegian</a></a> Sea, almost all of the Scotia Sea, and other tributary <a href=/kp/water>water</a> bodies includes Lord Howe Island and Macquarie Island
Area > Comparative slightly less than 6.5 times the size of the US slightly smaller than the US contiguous 48 states
Area > Comparative to US places slightly less than 6.5 times the size of the US slightly smaller than the US contiguous 48 states
Area > Note includes Baltic Sea, Black Sea, Caribbean Sea, Davis Strait, Denmark Strait, part of the Drake Passage, Gulf of Mexico, Labrador Sea, Mediterranean Sea, North Sea, Norwegian Sea, almost all of the Scotia Sea, and other tributary water bodies includes Lord Howe Island and Macquarie Island
Area > Total 76.76 million sq km
Ranked 2nd. 10 times more than Australia
7.74 million sq km
Ranked 7th.

Climate tropical cyclones (hurricanes) develop off the coast of Africa near Cape Verde and move westward into the Caribbean Sea; hurricanes can occur from May to December, but are most frequent from August to November generally arid to semiarid; temperate in south and east; tropical in north
Coastline 111,866 km
Ranked 3rd. 4 times more than Australia
25,760 km
Ranked 7th.

Elevation extremes > Highest point sea level 0 m Mount Kosciuszko 2,229 m
Geographic coordinates 0 00 N, 25 00 W 27 00 S, 133 00 E
Note major chokepoints include the Dardanelles, Strait of Gibraltar, access to the Panama and Suez Canals; strategic straits include the Strait of Dover, Straits of Florida, Mona Passage, The Sound (Oresund), and Windward Passage; the Equator divides the Atlantic Ocean into the North Atlantic Ocean and South Atlantic Ocean world's smallest continent but sixth-largest country; the only continent without glaciers; population concentrated along the eastern and southeastern coasts; the invigorating sea breeze known as the "Fremantle Doctor" affects the city of Perth on the west coast and is one of the most consistent winds in the world
Location body of water between Africa, Europe, the Southern Ocean, and the Western Hemisphere Oceania, continent between the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean
Map references Other Oceania
Natural hazards icebergs common in Davis Strait, Denmark Strait, and the northwestern Atlantic Ocean from February to August and have been spotted as far south as Bermuda and the Madeira Islands; ships subject to superstructure icing in extreme northern Atlantic from October to May; persistent fog can be a maritime hazard from May to September; hurricanes (May to December) cyclones along the coast; severe droughts; forest fires
Natural resources oil and gas fields, fish, marine mammals (seals and whales), sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, polymetallic nodules, precious stones bauxite, coal, iron ore, copper, tin, gold, silver, uranium, nickel, tungsten, rare earth elements, mineral sands, lead, zinc, diamonds, natural gas, petroleum
Terrain surface usually covered with sea ice in Labrador Sea, Denmark Strait, and coastal portions of the Baltic Sea from October to June; clockwise warm-water gyre (broad, circular system of currents) in the northern Atlantic, counterclockwise warm-water gyre in the southern Atlantic; the ocean floor is dominated by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a rugged north-south centerline for the entire Atlantic basin mostly low plateau with deserts; fertile plain in southeast

SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, December 2003; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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