meadows and pastures:
0%
forest and woodland:
0%
other:
100%
Irrigated land:
0 sq km
Environment:
current issues:
NA
natural hazards:
wet or awash most of the time, maximum elevation of about 1 meter
makes this a maritime hazard
international agreements:
NA
Note:
barren coral atoll with deep interior lagoon; closed to the public

@Kingman Reef, People

Population:
uninhabited

@Kingman Reef, Government

Names:
conventional long form:
none
conventional short form:
Kingman Reef
Digraph:
KQ
Type:
unincorporated territory of the US administered by the US Navy,
however it is awash the majority of the time, so it is not usable and
uninhabited.
Capital:
none; administered from Washington, DC

@Kingman Reef, Economy

Overview:
no economic activity

@Kingman Reef, Communications

Ports:
none; offshore anchorage only
Airports:
lagoon was used as a halfway station between Hawaii and American Samoa
by Pan American Airways for flying boats in 1937 and 1938

@Kingman Reef, Defense Forces

Note:
defense is the responsibility of the US

@Kiribati, Geography

Location:
Oceania, Micronesia, straddling the equator in the Pacific Ocean,
about halfway between Hawaii and Australia
Map references:
Oceania
Area:
total area:
717 sq km
land area:
717 sq km
comparative area:
slightly more than four times the size of Washington, DC
note:
includes three island groups - Gilbert Islands, Line Islands, Phoenix
Islands
Land boundaries:
0 km
Coastline:
1,143 km
Maritime claims:
exclusive economic zone:
200 nm
territorial sea:
12 nm
International disputes:
none
Climate:
tropical; marine, hot and humid, moderated by trade winds
Terrain:
mostly low-lying coral atolls surrounded by extensive reefs
Natural resources:
phosphate (production discontinued in 1979)
Land use:
arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
51%
meadows and pastures:
0%
forest and woodland:
3%
other:
46%
Irrigated land:
NA sq km
Environment:
current issues:
NA
natural hazards:
typhoons can occur any time, but usually November to March; subject to
occasional tornadoes
international agreements:
party to - Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection; signed, but not
ratified - Climate Change
Note:
20 of the 33 islands are inhabited; Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati
is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pac