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| World Fact Book
| Mark H. Solsman
| Documentation Training and Publications, Center for Academic Computing
| mhs108@psu.edu  10/19/93
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_@_Kingman Reef Geography
 
Total area:
    1 km2
Land area:
    1 km2
Comparative area:
    about 1.7 times the size of the Mall in Washington, DC
Land boundaries:
    none
Coastline:
    3 km
Maritime claims:
  Contiguous zone:
    12 nm
  Continental shelf:
    200 m (depth)
  Exclusive economic zone:
    200 nm
  Territorial sea:
    12 nm
Disputes:
    none
Climate:
    tropical, but moderated by prevailing winds
Terrain:
    low and nearly level with a maximum elevation of about 1 meter
Natural resources:
    none
Land use:
    arable land 0%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and pastures 0%; forest and
    woodland 0%; other 100%
Environment:
    barren coral atoll with deep interior lagoon; wet or awash most of the time
Note:
    located 1,600 km south-southwest of Honolulu in the North Pacific Ocean,
    about halfway between Hawaii and American Samoa; maximum elevation of about
    1 meter makes this a navigational hazard; closed to the public
 
:Kingman Reef People
 
Population:
    uninhabited
 
:Kingman Reef Government
 
Long-form name:
    none
Type:
    unincorporated territory of the US administered by the US Navy
Capital:
    none; administered from Washington, DC
 
:Kingman Reef Economy
 
Overview:
    no economic activity
 
:Kingman Reef Communications
 
Ports:
    none; offshore anchorage only
Airports:
    lagoon was used as a halfway station between Hawaii and American Samoa by
    Pan American Airways for flying boats in 1937 and 1938
 
:Kingman Reef Defense Forces
 
Note:
    defense is the responsibility of the US
 
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