Climate: tropical, but moderated by prevailing winds

Terrain: low and nearly level with a maximum elevation of about 1
meter

Natural resources: none

Land use:
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
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
is uninhabited

Capital: none; administered from Washington, DC

@Kingman Reef:Economy

Overview: no economic activity

@Kingman Reef:Transportation

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

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KIRIBATI

@Kiribati:Geography

Location: Oceania, group of islands in the Pacific Ocean, straddling
the equator and the International Date Line, about one-half of the way
from Hawaii to 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