Monaco: Geography#
| Location | Western Europe, bordering the Mediterranean Sea on the southern coast of France, near the border with Italy |
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| Geographic Coordinates | 43 44 N, 7 24 E 43.733334,7.4 |
| Area | total: 2 sq km land: 2 sq km water: 0 sq km [Verified in 8 databases] |
| Land boundaries | total: 6 km border countries: France 6 km |
| Coastline | 4.1 km |
| Elevation Extremes | lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m highest point: Mont Agel 140 m |
| Highest Mountains | Mont Agel 1148 m [Verified] Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org |
| Terrain | hilly, rugged, rocky |
| Natural Hazards | NA |
| Natural Resource | none |
| Land Use | arable land: 0% permanent crops: 1% other: 99% (urban area) (2011) |
| Climate | Mediterranean with mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers |
| Irrigated Land | NA |
| Renewable Water Resources | NA |
| Environment_CurrentIssues | NA |
| Environment - international agreements | party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
| Large Cities | Due to difference in city rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists : According to Wolfram: Monte Carlo; La Condamine; Fontvieille; Monaco-Ville According to Geonames: Monaco; Monte-Carlo; ; Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org Important Cities |
| Geography-note | second-smallest independent state in the world (after Holy See); smallest country with a coastline; almost entirely urban |