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Area > Comparative to US places about 2.5 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Area > Land	1.4 sq km		[16th of 238]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Area > Total	1.4 sq km		[14th of 250]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Area > Water	0 sq km		[16th of 239]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Climate equatorial; scant rainfall, constant wind, burning sun
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Coastline	4.8 km		[224th of 271]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Elevation extremes > Highest point	unnamed location 8 m
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Elevation extremes > Lowest point	Pacific Ocean 0 m
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Geographic coordinates	0 13 N, 176 28 W
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Geography > Note treeless, sparse, and scattered vegetation consisting of grasses, prostrate vines, and low growing shrubs; primarily a nesting, roosting, and foraging habitat for seabirds, shorebirds, and marine wildlife
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Land use > Arable land	0%		[255th of 258]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Land use > Other	100%		[38th of 258]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Land use > Permanent crops	0%		[253rd of 258]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Location Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, about half way between Hawaii and Australia
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Maritime claims > Exclusive economic zone	200 nautical mile		[15th of 123]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Maritime claims > Territorial sea	12 nautical mile		[15th of 191]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Natural hazards the narrow fringing reef surrounding the island can be a maritime hazard
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Natural resources guano (deposits worked until 1891), terrestrial and aquatic wildlife
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Population density	0 people per sqkm		[244th of 256]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Terrain low, nearly level coral island surrounded by a narrow fringing reef
Source: Heal The World Foundation.

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