Jersey
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Introduction - Jersey: | Location - Jersey: | Location | Western Europe, island in the English Channel, northwest of France | | Geographic coordinates | 49 15 N, 2 10 W | | Map references | Europe | | Area | total: 116 sq km
land: 116 sq km
water: 0 sq km | | Area comparative | about two-thirds the size of Washington, DC | | Land boundaries | 0 km | | Coastline | 70 km | | Maritime claims | territorial sea: 3 nm
exclusive fishing zone: 12 nm | | Climate | temperate; mild winters and cool summers | | Terrain | gently rolling plain with low, rugged hills along north coast | | Elevation extremes | lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 143 m | | Natural resources | arable land | | Land use | arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2005) | | Irrigated land | NA | | Natural hazards | NA | | Environment current issues | NA | | Geography note | largest and southernmost of Channel Islands; about 30% of population concentrated in Saint Helier | |
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