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Geography of Jersey
This article describes the geography of Jersey.
- Location
- Western Europe, island in the English Channel, north of Brittany, west of the Cotentin Peninsula in Normandy, northwest of France
- Geographic coordinates
- Map references
- Europe
- Area
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- Total: 116 km²
- Land: 116 km²
- Water: 0 km²
- Area--comparative
- United States comparative: about 0.7 times the size of Washington, DC
- United Kingdom comparative: about 0.33 times the size of the Isle of Wight
- Land boundaries
- 0 km
- Coastline
- 70 km
- Maritime claims
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- Exclusive fishing zone: 12 nm
- Territorial sea: 3 nm
- Climate
- Temperate; mild winters and cool summers
- Terrain
- Generally low-lying terrain on south coast, with some rocky headlands, rising gradually to rugged cliffs along north coast. Sand dunes along west coast. Small valleys running north-south intersect the island. Very large tidal variation exposes large expanses of sand and rock to southeast at low tide.
- Elevation extremes
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- Lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
- Highest point: Les Platons 143 m
- Natural resources
- Arable land
- Land use
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- Arable land: 66%
- Permanent crops: 0%
- Permanent pastures: 0%
- Forests and woodland: 0%
- Other: 34%
- Irrigated land
- NA km²
- Natural hazards
- NA
- Environment--current issues
- Waste disposal; Air pollution; Traffic
- Geography--note
- Largest and southernmost of Channel Islands; about 30% of population concentrated in Saint Helier
See also: Jersey
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