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Title         :Kingman Reef 
Text          : 
                                  Kingman Reef 
 
                                     Header 
 
Affiliation: 
    (territory of the US) 
 
                                    Geography 
 
Location: 
    Oceania, reef in the North Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from 
    Hawaii to American Samoa 
Map references: 
    Oceania 
Area: 
  total area: 
    1 sq km 
  land area: 
    1 sq km 
  comparative area: 
    about 1.7 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC 
Land boundaries: 
    0 km 
Coastline: 
    3 km 
Maritime claims: 
  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 sq km 
Environment: 
  current issues: 
    NA 
  natural hazards: 
    wet or awash most of the time, maximum elevation of about 1 meter makes this
 
    a maritime hazard 
  international agreements: 
    NA 
Note: 
    barren coral atoll with deep interior lagoon; 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, however it 
    is awash the majority of the time, so it is not usable and is uninhabited 
Capital: 
    none; administered from Washington, DC 
 
                                     Economy 
 
Overview: 
    no economic activity 
 
                                 Transportation 
 
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 

This publication is also available online from the CIA (http://www.odci.gov/cia) as 1995 World Factbook (http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/index.html).

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The World Factbook 1995,
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