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Marshall Islands Geography 1996

Location:

Oceania, group of atolls and reefs in the North Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to Papua New Guinea

Map references:

Oceania

Area:

total area:

181.3 sq km

land area:

181.3 sq km

comparative area:

slightly larger than Washington, DC

note:

includes the atolls of Bikini, Eniwetak, and Kwajalein

Land boundaries:

0 km

Coastline:

370.4 km

Maritime claims:

contiguous zone:

24 nm

exclusive economic zone:

200 nm

territorial sea:

12 nm

International disputes:

claims US territory of Wake Island

Climate:

wet season May to November; hot and humid; islands border typhoon belt

Terrain:

low coral limestone and sand islands

Natural resources:

phosphate deposits, marine products, deep seabed minerals

Land use:

arable land:

permanent crops:

60%

meadows and pastures:

forest and woodland:

other:

40%

Irrigated land:

NA sq km

Environment:

current issues:

inadequate supplies of potable water

natural hazards:

occasional typhoons

international agreements:

party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution

Note:

two archipelagic island chains of 30 atolls and 1,152 islands; Bikini and Eniwetak are former US nuclear test sites; Kwajalein, the famous World War II battleground, is now used as a US missile test range

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