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<text id=93CT1366>
<title>
St. Helena--Geography
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Saint Helena
Geography</hdr><body>
<p>Location: in the South Atlantic Ocean, 1,920 km west of
Angola, about two-thirds of the way between South America and
Africa
</p>
<list>
<l>Area:</l>
<l> total area: 410 km2</l>
<l> land area: 410 km2</l>
<l> comparative area: slightly more than 2.3 times the size of
Washington, DC</l>
</list>
<p>note: includes Ascension, Gough Island, Inaccessible Island,
Nightingale Island, and Tristan da Cunha
</p>
<p>Land boundaries: 0 km
</p>
<p>Coastline: 60 km
</p>
<list>
<l>Maritime claims:</l>
<l> exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm</l>
<l> territorial sea: 12 nm</l>
</list>
<p>International disputes: none
</p>
<p>Climate: tropical; marine; mild, tempered by trade winds
</p>
<p>Terrain: rugged, volcanic; small scattered plateaus and
plains
</p>
<p>Natural resources: fish; Ascension is a breeding ground for
sea turtles and sooty terns, no minerals
</p>
<list>
<l>Land use:</l>
<l> arable land: 7%</l>
<l> permanent crops: 0%</l>
<l> meadows and pastures: 7%</l>
<l> forest and woodland: 3%</l>
<l> other: 83%</l>
</list>
<p>Irrigated land: NA km2
</p>
<p>Environment: very few perennial streams
</p>
<p>Note: Napoleon Bonaparte's place of exile and burial; harbors
at least 40 species of plants unknown anywhere else in the world
</p></body></article></text>