What the records say
- When
- 1932
- Kind
- Territorial change
- Where
- Clipperton Island
- Coordinates
- 10.30° N, 109.22° W
- Process
- cession
- Type
- Cession (part yielded to other entity)
- Pop
- 0
- Area km2
- 5
- Gaining
- France
- Losing
- Mexico
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Clipperton Island
Atoll in the eastern Pacific Ocean
Clipperton Island, also known as Clipperton Atoll and previously as Clipperton's Rock, is an 8.9 km2 (3.4 sq mi) uninhabited coral atoll in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The only French territory in the North Pacific, Clipperton is 10,675 km (5,764 nmi) from Paris, France; 5,400 km (2,900 nmi) from Papeete, French Polynesia; and 1,280 km (690 nmi) from Acapulco, Guerrero.
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The source
- COW Territorial Change v6Correlates of War ProjectCorrelates of War: free use with citation