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Clipperton Island
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Clipperton Island

Atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, an overseas territory of France, south of Mexico and west of Panama; area 7 sq km/2.7 sq mi. The atoll is unpopulated. It takes its name from English pirate John Clipperton, who made the atoll his territory in 1705.



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Also, the technology isn't quite up to snuff yet, Clipperton notes.
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Of particular interest is a series of excerpts of letters written between Corporal Robert Clipperton and his wife, Corporal Myrtle Clipperton, while he was serving with the SAR and she was with the Canadian Women's Army Corps (CWAC).
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Mills, Moorpark, bigeye trevally, 18-1, Clipperton Island, France, May 12, 1990.
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