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  1.                                Palmyra Atoll
  2.  
  3.  
  4.  
  5.  
  6.                                   Header
  7.  
  8.  
  9. Affiliation:
  10.      (territory of the US)
  11.  
  12.  
  13.                                  Geography
  14.  
  15.  
  16. Location:
  17.      Oceania, Polynesia, in the North Pacific Ocean, 1,600 km
  18.      south-southwest of Honolulu, almost halfway between Hawaii and
  19.      American Samoa
  20. Map references:
  21.      Oceania
  22. Area:
  23. total area:
  24.      11.9 sq km
  25. land area:
  26.      11.9 sq km
  27. comparative area:
  28.      about 20 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
  29. Land boundaries:
  30.      0 km
  31. Coastline:
  32.      14.5 km
  33. Maritime claims:
  34. contiguous zone:
  35.      12 nm
  36. continental shelf:
  37.      200-m depth or to depth of exploitation
  38. exclusive economic zone:
  39.      200 nm
  40. territorial sea:
  41.      12 nm
  42. International disputes:
  43.      none
  44. Climate:
  45.      equatorial, hot, and very rainy
  46. Terrain:
  47.      low, with maximum elevations of about 2 meters
  48. Natural resources:
  49.      none
  50. Land use:
  51. arable land:
  52.      0%
  53. permanent crops:
  54.      0%
  55. meadows and pastures:
  56.      0%
  57. forest and woodland:
  58.      100%
  59. other:
  60.      0%
  61. Irrigated land:
  62.      0 sq km
  63.  
  64.  
  65.  
  66.  
  67. Environment:
  68. current issues:
  69.      NA
  70. natural hazards:
  71.      NA
  72. international agreements:
  73.      NA
  74. Note:
  75.      about 50 islets covered with dense vegetation, coconut trees, and
  76.      balsa-like trees up to 30 meters tall
  77.  
  78.  
  79.                                   People
  80.  
  81.  
  82. Population:
  83.      uninhabited
  84.  
  85.  
  86.                                 Government
  87.  
  88.  
  89. Names:
  90. conventional long form:
  91.      none
  92. conventional short form:
  93. Digraph:
  94.      LQ
  95. Type:
  96.      incorporated territory of the US; privately owned, but administered by
  97.      the Office of Territorial and International Affairs, US Department of
  98.      the Interior
  99. Capital:
  100.      none; administered from Washington, DC
  101.  
  102.  
  103.                                   Economy
  104.  
  105.  
  106. Overview:
  107.      no economic activity
  108.  
  109.  
  110.                               Communications
  111.  
  112.  
  113. Ports:
  114.      the main harbor is West Lagoon, which is entered by a channel on the
  115.      southwest side of the atoll; both the channel and harbor will
  116.      accommodate vessels drawing 6 meters of water; much of the road and
  117.      many causeways built during the war are unserviceable and overgrown
  118. Airports:
  119. total:
  120.      1
  121. usable:
  122.      1
  123. with permanent-surface runways:
  124.      1
  125. with runways over 3,659 m:
  126.      0
  127. with runways 2,440-3,659 m:
  128.      0
  129.  
  130.  
  131.  
  132.  
  133. with runways 1,220-2,439 m:
  134.      1
  135.  
  136.  
  137.                               Defense Forces
  138.  
  139.  
  140. Note:
  141.      defense is the responsibility of the US
  142.  
  143.  
  144.  
  145.  
  146.  
  147.  
  148.