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<text id=93CT1558>
<title>
Wake Island--Geography
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Wake Island
Geography</hdr><body>
<p>Location: in the North Pacific Ocean, 3,700 km west of
Honolulu, about two-thirds of the way between Hawaii and the
Northern Mariana Islands
</p>
<list>
<l>Area:</l>
<l> total area: 6.5 km2</l>
<l> land area: 6.5 km2</l>
<l> comparative area: about 11 times the size of The Mall in
Washington, DC</l>
</list>
<p>Land boundaries: 0 km
</p>
<p>Coastline: 19.3 km
</p>
<list>
<l>Maritime claims:</l>
<l> contiguous zone: 24 nm</l>
<l> continental shelf: 200 m or depth of exploitation</l>
<l> exclusive economic zone: 200 nm</l>
<l> territorial sea: 12 nm</l>
</list>
<p>International disputes: claimed by the Republic of the
Marshall Islands
</p>
<p>Climate: tropical
</p>
<p>Terrain: atoll of three coral islands built up on an
underwater volcano; central lagoon is former crater, islands are
part of the rim; average elevation less than 4 meters
</p>
<p>Natural resources: none
</p>
<list>
<l>Land use:</l>
<l> arable land: 0%</l>
<l> permanent crops: 0%</l>
<l> meadows and pastures: 0%</l>
<l> forest and woodland: 0%</l>
<l> other: 100%</l>
</list>
<p>Irrigated land: 0 km2
</p>
<p>Environment: subject to occasional typhoons
</p>
<p>Note: strategic location in the North Pacific Ocean; emergency
landing location for transpacific flights
</p></body></article></text>