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Oceania > Wake Island > Geography

WAKE ISLAND GEOGRAPHY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Area > Comparative
about 11 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Area > Comparative to US places
about 11 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Area > Land 6.5 sq km Time series [233rd of 238]
Area > Total 6.5 sq km Time series [245th of 250]
Area > Water 0 sq km Time series [204th of 239]
Climate tropical
Coastline 19.3 km [216th of 271]
Elevation extremes > Highest point unnamed location 6 m Time series
Elevation extremes > Lowest point Pacific Ocean 0 m Time series
Geographic coordinates 19 17 N, 166 39 E Time series
Geography > Note
strategic location in the North Pacific Ocean; emergency landing location for transpacific flights
Land use > Arable land 0% Time series [233rd of 258]
Land use > Permanent crops 0% Time series [224th of 258]
Location
Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to the Northern Mariana Islands
Map references
Oceania
Maritime claims > Exclusive economic zone 200 nautical mile Time series [36th of 123]
Maritime claims > Territorial sea 12 nautical mile Time series [112nd of 191]
Natural hazards occasional typhoons Time series
Natural resources none Time series
Terrain
atoll of three low coral islands, Peale, Wake, and Wilkes, built up on an underwater volcano; central lagoon is former crater, islands are part of the rim

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Wake Island, awake

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