_#_Disputes: focus of maritime boundary dispute between Canada and France
_#_Climate: cold and wet, with much mist and fog; spring and autumn are windy
_#_Terrain: mostly barren rock
_#_Natural resources: fish, deepwater ports
_#_Land use: arable land 13%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and pastures 0%; forest and woodland 4%; other 83%
_#_Environment: vegetation scanty
_#_Note: located 25 km south of Newfoundland, Canada, in the North Atlantic Ocean
_*People #_Population: 6,356 (July 1991), growth rate 0.4% (1991)
_#_Birth rate: 17 births/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Death rate: 7 deaths/1,000 population (1991)