Top: Regional: Asia: Ashmore and Cartier Islands: Science and Environment: Land and Marine



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Area

total: 5 sq km
land: 5 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes Ashmore Reef (West, Middle, and East Islets) and Cartier Island

Area - comparative: about eight times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC


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Land boundaries

0 km


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Coastline

74.1 km


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Maritime claims

territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 12 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm


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Land use

arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (all grass and sand) (2001)

Irrigated land: 0 sq km (1998 est.) 



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