×

Geography Stats: compare key data on Norfolk Island & United States

Compare vs for  

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.
  • 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.
  • Marine Coastline: Length of each country's coastline in kilometers.
  • Area > Water > Per capita: Total water area in square kilometers Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Area > Total > Per capita: Total area in square kilometers Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
STAT Norfolk Island United States HISTORY
Area > Comparative about 0.2 times the size of Washington, DC about half the size of Russia; about three-tenths the size of Africa; about half the size of South America (or slightly larger than Brazil); slightly larger than China; more than twice the size of the European Union
Area > Comparative to US places about 0.2 times the size of Washington, DC about half the size of Russia; about three-tenths the size of Africa; about half the size of South America (or slightly larger than Brazil); slightly larger than China; more than twice the size of the European Union
Area > Land 34.6 sq km
Ranked 223th.
9.16 million sq km
Ranked 4th. 264795 times more than Norfolk Island

Area > Land > Per capita 16.26 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 90th.
30.16 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 60th. 85% more than Norfolk Island

Area > Total 36 sq km
Ranked 233th.
9.83 million sq km
Ranked 4th. 272963 times more than Norfolk Island

Area > Water 0.0
Ranked 209th.
664,709 sq km
Ranked 3rd.

Climate subtropical; mild, little seasonal temperature variation mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the great plains west of the Mississippi River, and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest; low winter temperatures in the northwest are ameliorated occasionally in January and February by warm chinook winds from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains
Coastline 32 km
Ranked 186th.
19,924 km
Ranked 9th. 623 times more than Norfolk Island

Elevation extremes > Highest point Mount Bates 319 m Mount McKinley (Denali) 6,194 m (highest point in North America)
Geographic coordinates 29 02 S, 167 57 E 38 00 N, 97 00 W
Land use > Arable land 0.0
Ranked 233th.
16.29%
Ranked 65th.

Location Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Australia North America, bordering both the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean, between Canada and Mexico
Natural hazards typhoons (especially May to July) tsunamis; volcanoes; earthquake activity around Pacific Basin; hurricanes along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts; tornadoes in the Midwest and Southeast; mud slides in California; forest fires in the west; flooding; permafrost in northern Alaska, a major impediment to development
Natural resources fish coal, copper, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, rare earth elements, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten, zinc, petroleum, natural gas, timber
Terrain volcanic formation with mostly rolling plains vast central plain, mountains in west, hills and low mountains in east; rugged mountains and broad river valleys in Alaska; rugged, volcanic topography in Hawaii
Maritime claims > Territorial sea 12 nautical mile
Ranked 127th. The same as United States
12 nautical mile
Ranked 61st.

Elevation extremes > Lowest point Pacific Ocean 0 m Death Valley -86 m
Population density 55.06 people per sqkm
Ranked 134th. 85% more than United States
29.77 people per sqkm
Ranked 167th.
Map references Oceania North America
Land use > Other 100%
Ranked 17th. 20% more than United States
83.44%
Ranked 150th.

Land use > Permanent crops 0.0
Ranked 230th.
0.26%
Ranked 164th.

Note most of the 32 km coastline consists of almost inaccessible cliffs, but the land slopes down to the sea in one small southern area on Sydney Bay, where the capital of Kingston is situated world's third-largest country by size (after Russia and Canada) and by population (after China and India); Mt. McKinley is highest point in North America and Death Valley the lowest point on the continent
Marine Coastline 32 km
Ranked 186th.
19,924 km
Ranked 9th. 623 times more than Norfolk Island
Area > Water > Per capita 0.0
Ranked 190th.
2,187.8 sq km per 1 million peo
Ranked 20th.

Area > Total > Per capita 16.26 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 94th.
32.34 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 62nd. 99% more than Norfolk Island

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

Citation

Adblocker detected! Please consider reading this notice.

We've detected that you are using AdBlock Plus or some other adblocking software which is preventing the page from fully loading.

We don't have any banner, Flash, animation, obnoxious sound, or popup ad. We do not implement these annoying types of ads!

We need money to operate the site, and almost all of it comes from our online advertising.

Please add www.nationmaster.com to your ad blocking whitelist or disable your adblocking software.

×