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Wake Island Geography 1996


    • Affiliation:
      (territory of the US)

    • Location:
      Oceania, island in the North Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to the Northern Mariana Islands

    • Map references:
      Oceania

    • Area:

        total area:
        6.5 sq km

        land area:
        6.5 sq km

        comparative area:
        about 11 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC

    • Land boundaries:
      0 km

    • Coastline:
      19.3 km

    • Maritime claims:

        exclusive economic zone:
        200 nm

        territorial sea:
        12 nm

    • International disputes:
      claimed by the Republic of the Marshall Islands

    • Climate:
      tropical

    • Terrain:
      atoll of three coral islands built up on an underwater volcano; central lagoon is former crater, islands are part of the rim; average elevation less than 4 meters

    • Natural resources:
      none

    • Land use:

        arable land:
        0%

        permanent crops:
        0%

        meadows and pastures:
        0%

        forest and woodland:
        0%

        other:
        100%

    • Irrigated land:
      0 sq km

    • Environment:

        current issues:
        NA

        natural hazards:
        occasional typhoons

        international agreements:
        NA

    • Note:
      strategic location in the North Pacific Ocean; emergency landing location for transpacific flights






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