Clipperton Island
Clipperton Island, also known as Île de la Passion is a small, ring-shaped atoll located 1,120 km southwest of Mexico in the Pacific Ocean. It has no permanent residents and is mainly visited by Mexican fishermen and French Navy patrols.Places of Interest
Highlights include Clipperton Rock.
Clipperton Rock
Peak
Photo: John T. Arundel, CC0.
Clipperton Rock is the highest point on Clipperton Island at 29 metres above sea level.
Clipperton Island
- Type: Atoll
- Also known as: “Île Clipperton” and “Isla de la Pasión”
- Category: landform
- Location: France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
10.28333° or 10° 17′ northLongitude
-109.21667° or 109° 13′ westOpen location code
752G7QMM+88GeoNames ID
4020095
This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikivoyage.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Clipperton Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yoruba—“Clipperton Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزر كلبرتون”
- Arabic: “جزر كليبرتون”
- Arabic: “جزيرة كلبرتون”
- Arabic: “جزيرة كليبرتون”
- Arabic: “كلبرتون”
- Armenian: “Քլիփերթոն”
- Asturian: “Islla Clipperton”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Кліпертон”
- Bosnian: “Ostrvo Clipperton”
- Bulgarian: “Клипертон”
- Catalan: “Illa Clipperton”
- Chinese: “克利珀頓島”
- Cornish: “Ynys Clipperton”
- Croatian: “Otok Clipperton”
- Czech: “Clippertonův ostrov”
- Danish: “Clippertonøen”
- Dutch: “Clipperton”
- Esperanto: “Klipertono”
- Finnish: “Clippertoninsaari”
- French: “Île de Clipperton”
- Gagauz: “Clipperton adası”
- Galician: “Illa Clipperton”
- Georgian: “კლიპერტონი”
- German: “Clipperton-Insel”
- Greek: “Νήσος Κλίπερτον”
- Hebrew: “קליפרטון”
- Hungarian: “Clipperton-sziget”
- Icelandic: “Clipperton-eyja”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Clipperton”
- Italian: “Isola Clipperton”
- Japanese: “クリッパートン島”
- Kazakh: “Клиппертон”
- Korean: “클리퍼턴 섬”
- Latvian: “Klipertona sala”
- Malay: “Pulau Clipperton”
- Persian: “جزیره کلیپرتون”
- Polish: “Wyspa Clippertona”
- Portuguese: “Ilha de Clipperton”
- Romanian: “Insula Clipperton”
- Russian: “Клиппертон”
- Serbian: “Острво Клипертон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Otok Clipperton”
- Slovak: “Clippertonov ostrov”
- Spanish: “Isla Clipperton”
- Sundanese: “Pulo Clipperton”
- Swedish: “Clippertonön”
- Thai: “เกาะกลีแปร์ตอน”
- Turkish: “Clipperton Adası”
- Ukrainian: “Кліппертон”
- Urdu: “جزیرہ کلپرٹن”
- Western Panjabi: “کلپرٹن جزیرہ”
- Yoruba: “Erékùṣù Clipperton”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Clipperton Island”.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pointe Croix and Rocher Clipperton.
France: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Paris, Marseille, Haute-Garonne, and Lyon.
Curious Places to Discover
Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.