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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.
  • Maritime claims > Exclusive fishing zone: Exclusive fishing zone - while this term is not used in the LOS Convention, some States (e.g. the United Kingdom) have chosen not to claim an EEZ, but rather to claim jurisdiction over the living resources off their coast; in such cases, the term exclusive fishing zone is often used.
  • 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 Saint Helena United Kingdom HISTORY
Area > Comparative slightly more than twice the size of Washington, DC slightly smaller than Oregon
Area > Comparative to US places slightly more than twice the size of Washington, DC slightly smaller than Oregon
Area > Land 410 sq km
Ranked 6th.
241,590 sq km
Ranked 77th. 589 times more than Saint Helena

Area > Land > Per capita 54.65 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 2nd. 14 times more than United Kingdom
3.96 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 176th.

Area > Total 308 sq km
Ranked 208th.
243,610 sq km
Ranked 81st. 791 times more than Saint Helena

Area > Water 0.0
Ranked 239th.
1,680 sq km
Ranked 94th.

Climate 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) temperate; moderated by prevailing southwest winds over the North Atlantic Current; more than one-half of the days are overcast
Coastline 60 km
Ranked 189th.
12,429 km
Ranked 14th. 207 times more than Saint Helena

Elevation extremes > Highest point 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 Ben Nevis 1,343 m
Geographic coordinates <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 54 00 N, 2 00 W
Land use > Arable land 12.9%
Ranked 91st.
24.88%
Ranked 38th. 93% more than Saint Helena

Location 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 Western Europe, islands - including the northern one-sixth of the island of Ireland - between the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea; northwest of France
Natural hazards active volcanism on Tristan da Cunha, last eruption in 1961 winter windstorms; floods
Natural resources fish, lobster coal, petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, lead, zinc, gold, tin, limestone, salt, clay, chalk, gypsum, potash, silica sand, slate, arable land
Terrain 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 mostly rugged hills and low mountains; level to rolling plains in east and southeast
Maritime claims > Territorial sea 12 nautical mile
Ranked 170th. The same as United Kingdom
12 nautical mile
Ranked 108th.

Elevation extremes > Lowest point Atlantic Ocean 0 m The Fens -4 m
Population density 17.43 people per sqkm
Ranked 186th.
244.69 people per sqkm
Ranked 48th. 14 times more than Saint Helena
Map references Africa Europe
Land use > Other 87.1%
Ranked 130th. 16% more than United Kingdom
74.93%
Ranked 188th.

Land use > Permanent crops 0.0
Ranked 239th.
0.18%
Ranked 172nd.

Maritime claims > Exclusive fishing zone 200 nautical mile
Ranked 12th. The same as United Kingdom
200 nautical mile
Ranked 11th.

Note 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 lies near vital North Atlantic sea lanes; only 35 km from France and linked by tunnel under the English Channel; because of heavily indented coastline, no location is more than 125 km from tidal waters
Forested Land 6.5%
Ranked 157th.
11.6%
Ranked 140th. 78% more than Saint Helena
Area > Total > Per capita 54.34 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 43th. 14 times more than United Kingdom
4.02 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 181st.

Area > A note includes <a href=/kp/St>St</a>. <a href=/encyclopedia/Helena,-Montana><a href=/encyclopedia/Helena,-Montana>Helena</a></a> Island, Ascension, and the island group of Tristan da Cunha, which consists of Tristan da Cunha Island, Gough Island, Inaccessible Island, and the three Nightingale Islands includes Rockall and <a href=/encyclopedia/Shetland-Islands><a href=/encyclopedia/Shetland-Islands>Shetland</a></a> Islands

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; CIA World Factbook, December 2003

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