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Geography Stats: compare key data on Guernsey & Japan

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 > 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.
  • Location: The country's regional location, neighboring countries, and adjacent bodies of water.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Note: This entry includes miscellaneous geographic information of significance not included elsewhere.
  • Marine Coastline: Length of each country's coastline in kilometers.
  • 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 > Per capita: Total area in square kilometers Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
STAT Guernsey Japan HISTORY
Area > Comparative about one-half the size of Washington, DC slightly smaller than California
Area > Comparative to US places about one-half the size of Washington, DC slightly smaller than California
Area > Land 78 sq km
Ranked 2nd.
374,744 sq km
Ranked 60th. 4804 times more than Guernsey

Area > Land > Per capita 1.19 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 212th.
2.94 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 190th. 2 times more than Guernsey

Area > Total 78 sq km
Ranked 227th.
377,915 sq km
Ranked 63th. 4845 times more than Guernsey

Area > Water 0.0
Ranked 211th.
13,430 sq km
Ranked 39th.

Climate temperate with mild winters and cool summers; about 50% of days are overcast varies from tropical in south to cool temperate in north
Coastline 50 km
Ranked 180th.
29,751 km
Ranked 6th. 595 times more than Guernsey

Elevation extremes > Highest point unnamed elevation on Sark 114 m Fujiyama 3,776 m
Geographic coordinates 49 28 N, 2 35 W 36 00 N, 138 00 E
Location Western Europe, islands in the English Channel, northwest of France Eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula
Maritime claims > Territorial sea 3 nautical mile
Ranked 193th.
12 nautical mile
Ranked 50th. 4 times more than Guernsey

Natural hazards NA many dormant and some active volcanoes; about 1,500 seismic occurrences (mostly tremors) every year; tsunamis; typhoons
Natural resources cropland negligible mineral resources, fish
Terrain mostly level with low hills in southwest mostly rugged and mountainous
Elevation extremes > Lowest point Atlantic Ocean 0 m Hachiro-gata -4 m
Population density 337.04 people per sqkm
Ranked 29th. The same as Japan
336.72 people per sqkm
Ranked 31st.
Map references Europe Asia
Land boundaries 0 0
Note large, deepwater harbor at Saint Peter Port strategic location in northeast Asia
Marine Coastline 50 km
Ranked 180th.
29,751 km
Ranked 6th. 595 times more than Guernsey
Area > Note includes Alderney, Guernsey, Herm, Sark, and some other smaller islands includes Bonin Islands (Ogasawara-gunto), Daito-shoto, Minami-jima, Okino-tori-shima, Ryukyu Islands (Nansei-shoto), and Volcano Islands (Kazan-retto)
Area > Total > Per capita 1.19 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 216th.
2.97 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 195th. 3 times more than Guernsey

Area > A note includes Alderney, <a href=/country/gk>Guernsey</a>, Herm, Sark, and some other smaller islands includes Bonin Islands (Ogasawara-gunto), Daito-shoto, Minami-jima, Okino-tori-shima, Ryukyu Islands (Nansei-shoto), and Volcano Islands (Kazan-retto)

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.; CIA Factbook: List of countries by coastline size; CIA World Factbook, December 2003

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