Country:  Palmyra Atoll
(territory of the US)
- Geography
Total area: 11.9 km2; land area: 11.9 km2
 
Comparative area: about 20 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
 
Land boundaries: none
 
Coastline: 14.5 km
 
Maritime claims:
 
Contiguous zone: 12 nm;
 
Continental shelf: 200 m;
 
Extended economic zone: 200 nm;
 
Territorial sea: 12 nm
 
Climate: equatorial, hot, and very rainy
 
Terrain: low, with maximum elevations of about 2 meters
 
Natural resources: none
 
Land use: 0% arable land; 0% permanent crops; 0% meadows and pastures;
100% forest and woodland; 0% other
 
Environment: about 50 islets covered with dense vegetation,
coconut trees, and balsa-like trees up to 30 meters tall
 
Note: located 1,600 km south-southwest of Honolulu in the North Pacific
Ocean, almost halfway between Hawaii and American Samoa
 
- People
Population: uninhabited
 
- Government
Long-form name: none
 
Type: unincorporated territory of the US; privately owned, but
administered by the Office of Territorial and International Affairs,
US Department of the Interior
 
- Economy
Overview: no economic activity
 
- Communications
Ports: none; offshore anchorage in West Lagoon
 
Airports: 1 with permanent-surface runway 1,220-2,439 m
 
- Defense Forces
Note: defense is the responsibility of the US