Clipperton may refer to: Clipperton Island, an island in the eastern Pacific Ocean off the coast of Central America Clipperton crab, Johngarthia planata, a species of land crab found on Clipperton Island Clipperton Fracture Zone, a geological submarine fracture zone of the Pacific Ocean John Clipperton (1676–1722), English buccaneer, namesake of Clipperton Island