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Program       :WORLD FACTBOOK 
Program key   :CI WOFACT 
Update sched. :Annually         
ID number     :CI WOFACT 130              
Title         :KINGMAN REEF 
Data type     :TEXT 
End year      :1994
Date of record:02/16/1994
Keywords 3    : 
| KINGMAN REEF 
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KINGMAN REEF 
Affiliation: (territory of the US) 
 
GEOGRAPHY 
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 
 
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% 
 
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 
 
PEOPLE 
Population: uninhabited 
 
GOVERNMENT 
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 
 
ECONOMY 
Overview: no economic activity 
 
COMMUNICATIONS 
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 
 
Defense forces 
Note: defense is the responsibility of the US 
 
 
 
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