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<text id=94CT0763><title>Kingman Reef—Geography</title> <article><source>CIA Factbook</source> <hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Kingman Reef<nl>Geography</hdr><body> <list> <item><hi format=bold>Location:</hi> Oceania, Micronesia, in the North Pacific Ocean, 1,600 km south-southwest of Honolulu, about halfway between Hawaii and American Samoa <item><hi format=bold>Area:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>total area:</hi> 1 sq km <item>• <hi format=ital>land area:</hi> 1 sq km <item>• <hi format=ital>comparative area:</hi> about 1.7 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC </list> <item><hi format=bold>Land boundaries:</hi> 0 km <item><hi format=bold>Coastline:</hi> 3 km <item><hi format=bold>Maritime claims:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>contiguous zone:</hi> 24 nm <item>• <hi format=ital>continental shelf:</hi> 200-m depth or to depth of exploitation <item>• <hi format=ital>exclusive economic zone:</hi> 200 nm <item>• <hi format=ital>territorial sea:</hi> 12 nm </list> <item><hi format=bold>International disputes:</hi> none <item><hi format=bold>Climate:</hi> tropical, but moderated by prevailing winds <item><hi format=bold>Terrain:</hi> low and nearly level with a maximum elevation of about 1 meter <item><hi format=bold>Natural resources:</hi> none <item><hi format=bold>Land use:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>arable land:</hi> 0% <item>• <hi format=ital>permanent crops:</hi> 0% <item>• <hi format=ital>meadows and pastures:</hi> 0% <item>• <hi format=ital>forest and woodland:</hi> 0% <item>• <hi format=ital>other:</hi> 100% </list> <item><hi format=bold>Irrigated land:</hi> 0 sq km <item><hi format=bold>Environment:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>current issues:</hi> NA <item>• <hi format=ital>natural hazards:</hi> wet or awash most of the time, maximum elevation of about 1 meter makes this a maritime hazard <item>• <hi format=ital>international agreements:</hi> NA </list> <item><hi format=bold>Note:</hi> barren coral atoll with deep interior lagoon; closed to the public </list></body></article></text>