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:

• 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:

• 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:

• Lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m

• Highest point: Les Platons 143 m

Natural resources:

Arable land

Land use:

• 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

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