Country:  Kingman Reef
(territory of the US)
- Geography
Total area: 1 km2; land area: 1 km2
 
Comparative area: about 1.7 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
 
Land boundaries: none
 
Coastline: 3 km
 
Maritime claims:
 
Contiguous zone: 12 nm;
 
Continental shelf: 200 m;
 
Extended economic zone: 200 nm;
 
Territorial sea: 12 nm
 
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: 0% arable land; 0% permanent crops; 0% meadows and pastures;
0% forest and woodland; 100% other
 
Environment: barren coral atoll with deep interior lagoon; wet or awash
most of the time
 
Note: located 1,600 km south-southwest of Honolulu in the North Pacific
Ocean, about halfway between Hawaii and American Samoa; maximum elevation of
about 1 meter makes this a navigational hazard; closed to the public
 
- People
Population: uninhabited
 
- Government
Long-form name: none
 
Type: unincorporated territory of the US administered by the US Navy
 
- Economy
Overview: no economic activity
 
- Communications
Airports: lagoon was used as a halfway station between Hawaii and
American Samoa by Pan American Airways for flying boats in 1937 and 1938
 
Ports: none; offshore anchorage only
 
- Defense Forces
Note: defense is the responsibility of the US