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Geography
Total area: 242 km2; land area: 242 km2; includes eight
small islands in the St. Pierre and the Miquelon groups.
Comparative area: slightly less than 1.5 times the size
of Washington, DC.
Land boundaries: none.
Coastline: 120 km.
Maritime claims:
Contiguous zone: 12 nm;
Continental shelf: 200 meters or to depth of exploitation;
Extended economic zone: 200 nm;
Territorial sea: 12 nm.
Disputes: focus of maritime boundary dispute between Canada
and France.
Climate: cold and wet, with much mist and fog; spring and
autumn are windy.
Terrain: mostly barren rock.
Natural resources: fish, deepwater ports.
Land use: 13% arable land; 0% permanent crops; 0% meadows
and pastures; 4% forest and woodland; 83% other.
Environment: vegetation scanty.
Note: located 25 km south of Newfoundland, Canada, in the
North Atlantic Ocean.