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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:

permanent crops:

meadows and pastures:

forest and woodland:

other:

100%

Irrigated land:

0 sq km

Environment:

current issues:

natural hazards:

occasional typhoons

international agreements:

Note:

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

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