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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 > Total: Total area in square kilometers
  • Climate: A brief description of typical weather regimes throughout the year.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Population density: People per square kilometre, in 1999. At this time the world average was 14.42.
  • Terrain: A brief description of the topography
STAT Philippines South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands HISTORY
Area > Comparative slightly larger than Arizona slightly larger than Rhode Island
Area > Comparative to US places slightly larger than Arizona slightly larger than Rhode Island
Area > Land 298,170 sq km
Ranked 69th. 76 times more than South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
3,903 sq km
Ranked 168th.
Area > Total 300,000 sq km
Ranked 74th. 77 times more than South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
3,903 sq km
Ranked 178th.
Climate tropical marine; northeast monsoon (November to April); southwest monsoon (May to October) variable, with mostly westerly winds throughout the year interspersed with periods of calm; nearly all precipitation falls as snow
Elevation extremes > Highest point Mount Apo 2,954 m Mount Paget (South Georgia) 2,934 m
Geographic coordinates 13 00 N, 122 00 E 54 30 S, 37 00 W
Note the Philippine archipelago is made up of 7,107 islands; favorably located in relation to many of Southeast Asia's main water bodies: the South China Sea, Philippine Sea, Sulu Sea, Celebes Sea, and Luzon Strait the north coast of South Georgia has several large bays, which provide good anchorage; reindeer, introduced early in the 20th century, live on South Georgia
Land use > Other 64.67%
Ranked 214th.
100%
Ranked 8th. 55% more than Philippines

Location Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Philippine Sea and the South China Sea, east of Vietnam Southern South America, islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, east of the tip of South America
Map references Southeast Asia Antarctic Region
Natural hazards astride typhoon belt, usually affected by 15 and struck by five to six cyclonic storms per year; landslides; active volcanoes; destructive earthquakes; tsunamis the South Sandwich Islands have prevailing weather conditions that generally make them difficult to approach by ship; they are also subject to active volcanism
Natural resources timber, petroleum, nickel, cobalt, silver, gold, salt, copper fish
Population density 266.11 people per sqkm
Ranked 42nd.
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Ranked 240th.
Terrain mostly mountains with narrow to extensive coastal lowlands most of the islands, rising steeply from the sea, are rugged and mountainous; South Georgia is largely barren and has steep, glacier-covered mountains; the South Sandwich Islands are of volcanic origin with some active volcanoes

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Heal The World Foundation.

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