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Geography
Total area: 14 km2; land area: 14 km2; main islands are
West Island and Home Island.
Comparative area: about 24 times the size of The Mall in
Washington, DC.
Land boundaries: none.
Coastline: 42.6 km.
Maritime claims:
Contiguous zone: 12 nm;
Continental shelf: 200 meters or to depth of exploitation;
Exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm;
Territorial sea: 3 nm.
Climate: pleasant, modified by the southeast trade winds
for about nine months of the year; moderate rainfall.
Terrain: flat, low-lying coral atolls.
Natural resources: fish.
Land use: 0% arable land; 0% permanent crops; 0% meadows
and pastures; 0% forest and woodland; 100% other.
Environment: two coral atolls thickly covered with coconut
palms and other vegetation.
Note: located 1,070 km southwest of Sumatra (Indonesia)
in the Indian Ocean about halfway between Australia and
Sri Lanka.