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- <title>
- Midway Islands (US): Geography
- </title>
- <article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Midway Islands
- Geography</hdr><body>
- <p>Location: located in the North Pacific Ocean, 2,350 km
- west-northwest of Honolulu, about one-third of the way between
- Honolulu and Tokyo
- </p>
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- <l>Area:</l>
- <l> total area: 5.2 km2</l>
- <l> land area: 5.2 km2</l>
- <l> comparative area: about nine times the size of the Mall in
- Washington, DC</l>
- </list>
- <p>note: includes Eastern Island and Sand Island
- </p>
- <p>Land boundaries: 0 km
- </p>
- <p>Coastline: 15 km
- </p>
- <list>
- <l>Maritime claims:</l>
- <l> contiguous zone: 24 nm</l>
- <l> continental shelf: 200 m (depth)</l>
- <l> exclusive economic zone: 200 nm</l>
- <l> territorial sea: 12 nm</l>
- </list>
- <p>International disputes: none
- </p>
- <p>Climate: tropical, but moderated by prevailing easterly winds
- </p>
- <p>Terrain: low, nearly level
- </p>
- <p>Natural resources: fish, wildlife
- </p>
- <list>
- <l>Land use:</l>
- <l> arable land: 0%</l>
- <l> permanent crops: 0%</l>
- <l> meadows and pastures: 0%</l>
- <l> forest and woodland: 0%</l>
- <l> other: 100%</l>
- </list>
- <p>Irrigated land: 0 km2
- </p>
- <p>Environment: coral atoll
- </p>
- <p>Note: closed to the public
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