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Chesterfield  

- including Avon, Long, Loup, Bampton Reef   [1430]
   Group: Archipelago: Chesterfield Islands
   Country: France - New Caledonia   Region: Oceania 4
Lat: 19.50� S   Long : 158.50� E
Area: 0.0 sq. km   Altitude: ? m
Depth to nearest land: 2000 m
Nearest island: 600 km   group: 600 km
Nearest continent: Australia    Distance: 850 km    Isolation Index: 78
ISLAND TYPE: low coral islets on reefs      Natural Protection Indicator: 5
CLIMATE:   tropical 
CATASTROPHIC THREATS: cyclones
   Threat Indicator: 1
ECOSYSTEMS:           Number of Ecosystems - Terrestrial: 1    Marine: 10
Atoll scrub; windward and leeward atoll reefs, patch reefs, lagoons

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