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Geography
Total area: 1.4 km2; land area: 1.4 km2.
Comparative area: about 2.3 times the size of The Mall in
Washington, DC.
Land boundaries: none.
Coastline: 4.8 km.
Maritime claims:
Contiguous zone: 12 nm;
Continental shelf: 200 m;
Extended economic zone: 200 nm;
Territorial sea: 12 nm.
Climate: equatorial; scant rainfall, constant wind, burning sun.
Terrain: low, nearly level coral island surrounded by a
narrow fringing reef.
Natural resources: guano (deposits worked until 1891).
Land use: 0% arable land; 0% permanent crops; 0% meadows
and pastures; 0% forest and woodland; 100% other.
Environment: treeless, sparse and scattered vegetation consisting
of grasses, prostrate vines, and low growing shrubs; lacks
fresh water; primarily a nesting, roosting, and foraging
habitat for seabirds, shorebirds, and marine wildlife.
Note: remote location 2,575 km southwest of Honolulu in
the North Pacific Ocean, just north of the Equator, about
halfway between Hawaii and Australia.