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Geography Stats: compare key data on Canada & Saint Helena

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  • 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 > Land: Total land area in square kilometres
  • Area > Land > Per capita: Total land area in square kilometres Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Area > Total: Total area in square kilometers
  • Area > Water: Total water 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.
  • Land use > Arable land: 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
  • Location: The country's regional location, neighboring countries, and adjacent bodies of water.
  • 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
  • Maritime claims > Territorial sea: 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.
  • Elevation extremes > Lowest point: This entry is derived from Geography > Elevation extremes, which includes both the highest point and the lowest point.
  • Population density: People per square kilometre, in 1999. At this time the world average was 14.42.
  • 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.
  • Land use > Other: 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.
  • Land use > Permanent crops: The percentage share of used land on which permanent crops are grown. This is land cultivated for crops that are not replanted after each harvest like citrus, coffee, and rubber. It includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber.
  • Note: This entry includes miscellaneous geographic information of significance not included elsewhere.
  • Forested Land: Forested land as a proportion of total land area, estimate by FAO
  • Area > Total > Per capita: Total area in square kilometers Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
STAT Canada Saint Helena HISTORY
Area > Comparative slightly larger than the US slightly more than twice the size of Washington, DC
Area > Comparative to US places somewhat larger than the US slightly more than twice the size of Washington, DC
Area > Land 9.09 million sq km
Ranked 5th. 22179 times more than Saint Helena
410 sq km
Ranked 6th.
Area > Land > Per capita 273.8 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 13th. 5 times more than Saint Helena
54.65 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 2nd.
Area > Total 9.98 million sq km
Ranked 3rd. 32418 times more than Saint Helena
308 sq km
Ranked 208th.

Area > Water 891,163 sq km
Ranked 1st.
0.0
Ranked 239th.

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)
Coastline 202,080 km
Ranked 1st. 3368 times more than Saint Helena
60 km
Ranked 189th.

Elevation extremes > Highest point Mount Logan 5,959 m Queen Mary's Peak on Tristan da Cunha 2,060 m; Green Mountain on Ascension Island 859 m; Mount Actaeon on Saint Helena Island 818 m
Geographic coordinates 60 00 N, 95 00 W <strong>Saint Helena: </strong>15 57 S, 5 42 W<br /><strong>Ascension Island:</strong> 7 57 S, 14 22 W<br /><strong>Tristan da Cunha island group:</strong> 37 15 S, 12 30 W
Land use > Arable land 4.3%
Ranked 156th.
12.9%
Ranked 91st. 3 times more than Canada

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 2,300 nm southwest of Saint Helena
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
Natural resources iron ore, nickel, zinc, copper, gold, lead, rare earth elements, molybdenum, potash, diamonds, silver, fish, timber, wildlife, coal, petroleum, natural gas, hydropower fish, lobster
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<br /><strong>Saint Helena:</strong> rugged, volcanic; small scattered plateaus and plains<br /><strong>Ascension:</strong> surface covered by lava flows and cinder cones of 44 dormant volcanoes; ground rises to the east<br /><strong>Tristan da Cunha:</strong> sheer cliffs line the coastline of the nearly circular island; the flanks of the central volcanic peak are deeply dissected; narrow coastal plain lies between The Peak and the coastal cliffs
Maritime claims > Territorial sea 12 nautical mile
Ranked 178th. The same as Saint Helena
12 nautical mile
Ranked 170th.

Elevation extremes > Lowest point Atlantic Ocean 0 m Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Population density 3.36 people per sqkm
Ranked 217th.
17.43 people per sqkm
Ranked 186th. 5 times more than Canada
Map references North America Africa
Land use > Other 95.2%
Ranked 77th. 9% more than Saint Helena
87.1%
Ranked 130th.

Natural hazards > Volcanism the vast majority of volcanoes in Western Canada's Coast Mountains remain dormant the island volcanoes of Tristan da Cunha (elev. 2,060 m) and Nightingale Island (elev. 365 m) experience volcanic activity; Tristan da Cunha erupted in 1962 and Nightingale in 2004
Land use > Permanent crops 0.49%
Ranked 145th.
0.0
Ranked 239th.

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; Canada has more fresh water than any other country and almost 9% of Canadian territory is water; Canada has at least 2 million and possibly over 3 million lakes - that is more than all other countries combined Saint Helena harbors at least 40 species of plants unknown elsewhere 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
Forested Land 26.5%
Ranked 103th. 4 times more than Saint Helena
6.5%
Ranked 157th.
Area > Total > Per capita 300.63 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 12th. 6 times more than Saint Helena
54.34 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 43th.

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbooks 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013; Heal The World Foundation.; FAO

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