,
paramilitary/security forces
Manpower availability:
males age 15-49 29,548,746; fit for military service 18,134,013; reach
military age (17) annually 1,391,258 (1994 est.)
Defense expenditures:
exchange rate conversion - $3.0 billion, 5.7% of GNP (FY93/94)

@Palmyra Atoll

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Affiliation:
(territory of the US)

@Palmyra Atoll, Geography

Location:
Oceania, Polynesia, in the North Pacific Ocean, 1,600 km
south-southwest of Honolulu, almost halfway between Hawaii and
American Samoa
Map references:
Oceania
Area:
total area:
11.9 sq km
land area:
11.9 sq km
comparative area:
about 20 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Land boundaries:
0 km
Coastline:
14.5 km
Maritime claims:
contiguous zone:
12 nm
continental shelf:
200-m depth or to depth of exploitation
exclusive economic zone:
200 nm
territorial sea:
12 nm
International disputes:
none
Climate:
equatorial, hot, and very rainy
Terrain:
low, with maximum elevations of about 2 meters
Natural resources:
none
Land use:
arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
meadows and pastures:
0%
forest and woodland:
100%
other:
0%
Irrigated land:
0 sq km
Environment:
current issues:
NA
natural hazards:
NA
international agreements:
NA
Note:
about 50 islets covered with dense vegetation, coconut trees, and
balsa-like trees up to 30 meters tall

@Palmyra Atoll, People

Population:
uninhabited

@Palmyra Atoll, Government

Names:
conventional long form:
none
conventional short form:
Palmyra Atoll
Digraph:
LQ
Type:
incorporated territory of the US; privately owned, but administered by
the Office of Territorial and International Affairs, US Department of
the Interior
Capital:
none; administered from Washington, DC

@Palmyra Atoll, Economy

Overview:
no economic activity

@Palmyra Atoll, Communications

Ports:
the main harbor is West Lagoon, which is entered by a channel on the
southwest side of the atoll; both the channel and harbor will
accommodate vessels drawing 6 meters of water; much of the road and
many causeways built during the war are unserviceable and overgrown
Airports:
total:
1
usable:
1
with permanent-surface runways:
1
with runways over 3,659 m:
0
with runways 2,440-3,659 m:
0
with runways 1,220-2,439 m:
1

@Palmyra Atoll, Defense Forces

Note:
defense is the responsibility of th