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- @node Header (Midway Islands)
- @section Header (Midway Islands)
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- @display
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- Affiliation:
- (territory of the US)
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- @node Geography (Midway Islands)
- @section Geography (Midway Islands)
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- @display
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- Location:
- located in the North Pacific Ocean, 2,350 km west-northwest of Honolulu,
- about one-third of the way between Honolulu and Tokyo
- Map references:
- Oceania
- Area:
- total area:
- 5.2 km2
- land area:
- 5.2 km2
- comparative area:
- about nine times the size of the Mall in Washington, DC
- note:
- includes Eastern Island and Sand Island
- Land boundaries:
- 0 km
- Coastline:
- 15 km
- Maritime claims:
- contiguous zone:
- 24 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 m (depth)
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
- International disputes:
- none
- Climate:
- tropical, but moderated by prevailing easterly winds
- Terrain:
- low, nearly level
- Natural resources:
- fish, wildlife
- Land use:
- arable land:
- 0% permanent crops:
- 0%
- meadows and pastures:
- 0%
- forest and woodland:
- 0%
- other:
- 100%
- Irrigated land:
- 0 km2
- Environment:
- coral atoll
- Note:
- closed to the public
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- @node People (Midway Islands)
- @section People (Midway Islands)
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- @display
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- Population:
- no indigenous inhabitants; note - there are 453 US military personnel
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- @node Government (Midway Islands)
- @section Government (Midway Islands)
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- @display
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- Names:
- conventional long form:
- none
- conventional short form:
- Midway Islands
- Digraph:
- MQ
- Type:
- unincorporated territory of the US administered by the US Navy, under
- command of the Barbers Point Naval Air Station in Hawaii and managed
- cooperatively by the US Navy and the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US
- Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge System;
- legislation before Congress in 1990 proposed inclusion of territory within
- the State of Hawaii
- Capital:
- none; administered from Washington, DC
- Flag:
- the US flag is used
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- @node Economy (Midway Islands)
- @section Economy (Midway Islands)
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- @display
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- Overview:
- The economy is based on providing support services for US naval operations
- located on the islands. All food and manufactured goods must be imported.
- Electricity:
- supplied by US Military
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- @node Communications (Midway Islands)
- @section Communications (Midway Islands)
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- @display
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- Highways:
- 32 km total
- Pipelines:
- 7.8 km
- Ports:
- Sand Island
- Airports:
- total:
- 3
- usable:
- 2
- with permanent-surface runways:
- 1
- with runways over 3,659 m:
- 0
- with runways 2,440-3,659 m:
- 0
- with runways 1,220-2,439 m:
- 1
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- @node Defense Forces (Midway Islands)
- @section Defense Forces (Midway Islands)
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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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