Clipperton Island

Summary

Clipperton Island is an island^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26,077 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Clipperton Island is credited with the discovery of Mathieu Martin de Chassiron^[3].
• Clipperton Island is credited with the discovery of Michel Dubocage^[4].
• Clipperton Island is located in France^[5].
• Clipperton Island is in the country of France^[6].
• Clipperton Island is on the body of water Pacific Ocean^[7].
• Clipperton Island is on the continent of North America^[8].
• Clipperton Island's instance of is recorded as island^[9].
• Clipperton Island's instance of is recorded as dependent territory^[10].
• Clipperton Island's instance of is recorded as atoll^[11].
• Clipperton Island's instance of is recorded as WWF ecoregion^[12].
• Clipperton Island is operated by Minister for Overseas France^[13].
• John Clipperton is named after Clipperton Island^[14].
• Passion is named after Clipperton Island^[15].
• Clipperton Island's postal code is recorded as 98799^[16].
• Clipperton Island is part of Overseas France^[17].
• Clipperton Island's Commons category is recorded as Clipperton Island^[18].
• Clipperton Island's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−08:00^[19].
• Clipperton Island's Unicode character is recorded as 🇨🇵^[20].
• Clipperton Island's time of discovery or invention is recorded as April 2, 1711^[21].
• Clipperton Island's highest point is recorded as Clipperton Rock^[22].
• Clipperton Island's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 10.293888888889, 'longitude': -109.21722222222}^[23].
• Clipperton Island's located in/on physical feature is recorded as North Pacific Ocean^[24].
• Clipperton Island's significant event is recorded as Clipperton Island Case^[25].
• Clipperton Island's significant event is recorded as Forgotten People of Clipperton^[26].
• Clipperton Island's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Clipperton Island^[27].

Body

Geography

Clipperton Island is in the country of France^[6]. It is located in France^[5]. It is on the body of water Pacific Ocean^[7]. It is on the continent of North America^[8]. It is part of Overseas France^[17].

Physical Characteristics

Clipperton Island covers an area of {'amount': '+6'}^[28]. It sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+29'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+0'}^[30].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include island^[9], dependent territory^[10], atoll^[11], and WWF ecoregion^[12].

History and Context

Things named after include John Clipperton^[14], a pirate^[31], 1676–1722^[32], of Kingdom of Great Britain^[33] and Passion^[15], a gospel episode^[34].

Why It Matters

Clipperton Island ranks in the top 1% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26,077 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] It is known by 75 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]