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<text id=94CT1218><title>Saint Pierre and Miquelon—Geography</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Saint Pierre and Miquelon<nl>Geography</hdr><body>
<list>
<item><hi format=bold>Location:</hi> Northern North America, in the North Atlantic Ocean, 25 km south of Newfoundland (Canada)
<item><hi format=bold>Area:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>total area:</hi> 242 sq km
<item>• <hi format=ital>land area:</hi> 242 sq km
<item>• <hi format=ital>comparative area:</hi> slightly less than 1.5 times the size of Washington, DC
<item>• <hi format=ital>note:</hi> includes eight small islands in the Saint Pierre and the Miquelon groups
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Land boundaries:</hi> 0 km
<item><hi format=bold>Coastline:</hi> 120 km
<item><hi format=bold>Maritime claims:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>exclusive economic zone:</hi> 200 nm
<item>• <hi format=ital>territorial sea:</hi> 12 nm
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>International disputes:</hi> focus of maritime boundary dispute between Canada and France
<item><hi format=bold>Climate:</hi> cold and wet, with much mist and fog; spring and autumn are windy
<item><hi format=bold>Terrain:</hi> mostly barren rock
<item><hi format=bold>Natural resources:</hi> fish, deepwater ports
<item><hi format=bold>Land use:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>arable land:</hi> 13%
<item>• <hi format=ital>permanent crops:</hi> 0%
<item>• <hi format=ital>meadows and pastures:</hi> 0%
<item>• <hi format=ital>forest and woodland:</hi> 4%
<item>• <hi format=ital>other:</hi> 83%
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Irrigated land:</hi> NA sq km
<item><hi format=bold>Environment:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>current issues:</hi> NA
<item>• <hi format=ital>natural hazards:</hi> NA
<item>• <hi format=ital>international agreements:</hi> NA
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Note:</hi> vegetation scanty
</list></body></article></text>