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- @node Header (Kingman Reef)
- @section Header (Kingman Reef)
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- @display
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- Affiliation:
- (territory of the US)
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- @end display
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- @node Geography (Kingman Reef)
- @section Geography (Kingman Reef)
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- @display
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- Location:
- in the North Pacific Ocean, 1,600 km south-southwest of Honolulu, about
- halfway between Hawaii and American Samoa
- Map references:
- Oceania
- Area:
- total area:
- 1 km2
- land area:
- 1 km2
- comparative area:
- about 1.7 times the size of the Mall in Washington, DC
- Land boundaries:
- 0 km
- Coastline:
- 3 km
- Maritime claims:
- contiguous zone:
- 24 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 m or depth of exploitation
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
- International 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%
- Irrigated land:
- 0 km2
- Environment:
- barren coral atoll with deep interior lagoon; wet or awash most of the time
- Note:
- maximum elevation of about 1 meter makes this a navigational hazard; closed
- to the public
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- @end display
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- @node People (Kingman Reef)
- @section People (Kingman Reef)
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- @display
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- Population:
- uninhabited
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- @end display
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- @node Government (Kingman Reef)
- @section Government (Kingman Reef)
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- @display
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- Names:
- conventional long form:
- none
- conventional short form:
- Kingman Reef
- Digraph:
- KQ
- Type:
- unincorporated territory of the US administered by the US Navy
- Capital:
- none; administered from Washington, DC
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- @end display
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- @node Economy (Kingman Reef)
- @section Economy (Kingman Reef)
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- @display
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- Overview:
- no economic activity
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- @end display
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- @node Communications (Kingman Reef)
- @section Communications (Kingman Reef)
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- @display
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- 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
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- @end display
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- @node Defense Forces (Kingman Reef)
- @section Defense Forces (Kingman Reef)
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- @display
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- Note:
- defense is the responsibility of the US
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- @end display
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