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- Palmyra Atoll
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- Affiliation:
- (territory of the US)
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- #CARD:Palmyra Atoll:Geography
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- Palmyra Atoll
- Geography
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- Location:
- in the North Pacific Ocean, 1,600 km south-southwest of Honolulu, almost
- halfway between Hawaii and American Samoa
- Map references:
- Oceania
- Area:
- total area:
- 11.9 km2
- land area:
- 11.9 km2
- comparative area:
- about 20 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
- Land boundaries:
- 0 km
- Coastline:
- 14.5 km
- Maritime claims:
- contiguous zone:
- 12 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 m (depth)
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
- International disputes:
- none
- Climate:
- equatorial, hot, and very rainy
- Terrain:
- low, with maximum elevations of about 2 meters
- Natural resources:
- none
- Land use:
- arable land:
- 0%
- permanent crops:
- 0%
- meadows and pastures:
- 0%
- forest and woodland:
- 100%
- other:
- 0%
- Irrigated land:
- 0 km2
- Environment:
- about 50 islets covered with dense vegetation, coconut trees, and balsa-like
- trees up to 30 meters tall
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- People
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- Population:
- uninhabited
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- Government
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- Names:
- conventional long form:
- none
- conventional short form:
- Palmyra Atoll
- Digraph:
- LQ
- Type:
- unincorporated territory of the US; privately owned, but administered by the
- Office of Territorial and International Affairs, US Department of the
- Interior
- Capital:
- none; administered from Washington, DC
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- Palmyra Atoll
- Economy
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- Overview:
- no economic activity
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- Palmyra Atoll
- Communications
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- Ports:
- the main harbor is West Lagoon, which is entered by a channel on the
- southwest side of the atoll; both the channel and harbor will accommodate
- vessels drawing 4 meters of water; much of the road and many causeways built
- during the war are unserviceable and overgrown
- Airports:
- total:
- 1
- usable:
- 1
- 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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- Palmyra Atoll
- Defense Forces
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- Note:
- defense is the responsibility of the US
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