<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Wake Island<nl>Geography</hdr><body>
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<item><hi format=bold>Location:</hi> Oceania, Micronesia, in the North Pacific Ocean, 3,700 km west of Honolulu, about two-thirds of the way between Hawaii and the Northern Mariana Islands
<item><hi format=bold>Area:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>total area:</hi> 6.5 sq km
<item>• <hi format=ital>land area:</hi> 6.5 sq km
<item>• <hi format=ital>comparative area:</hi> about 11 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
<item><hi format=bold>International disputes:</hi> claimed by the Republic of the Marshall Islands
<item><hi format=bold>Climate:</hi> tropical
<item><hi format=bold>Terrain:</hi> 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