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<title>
Howland Island (US): Geography
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Howland Island
Geography</hdr><body>
<p>Location: in the North Pacific Ocean, 2,575 km southwest of
Honolulu, just north of the Equator, about halfway between Hawaii and
Australia
</p>
<list>
<l>Area:</l>
<l> total area: 1.6 km2</l>
<l> land area: 1.6 km2</l>
<l> comparative area: about 2.7 times the size of the Mall in
Washington, DC</l>
</list>
<p>Land boundaries: 0 km
</p>
<p>Coastline: 6.4 km
</p>
<list>
<l>Maritime claims:</l>
<l> contiguous zone: 24 nm</l>
<l> continental shelf: 200 m or the depth of exploitation</l>
<l> exclusive economic zone: 200 nm</l>
<l> territorial sea: 12 nm</l>
</list>
<p>International disputes: none
</p>
<p>Climate: equatorial; scant rainfall, constant wind, burning sun
</p>
<p>Terrain: low-lying, nearly level, sandy, coral island surrounded by
a narrow fringing reef; depressed central area
</p>
<p>Natural resources: guano (deposits worked until late 1800s)
</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: 5%</l>
<l> other: 95%</l>
</list>
<p>Irrigated land: 0 km2
</p>
<p>Environment: almost totally covered with grasses, prostrate vines,
and low-growing shrubs; small area of trees in the center; lacks
fresh water; primarily a nesting, roosting, and foraging habitat for
seabirds, shorebirds, and marine wildlife; feral cats
</p></body></article></text>