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Clipperton Island (dependency) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 10 17 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 10.2833 decimal degrees |
| Long: 109 13 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -109.2167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Circular atoll in the east Pacific Ocean; uninhabited, but site of ruined 19th-century lighthouse. |
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| Clipperton, Île (preferred,C,V)
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| Île Clipperton (C,V,display)
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| Clipperton Island (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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............ | named after English mutineer and pirate, John Clipperton, ca. 1705 |
| Ile de la Passion (C,V)
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| IP (C,V,FIPS)
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| dependency (preferred, C) |
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administered by French Polynesia from 1930, directly by France from 1979 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| atoll (C) |
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