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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
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Area > Land	6.5 sq km		[233rd of 238]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Area > Total	6.5 sq km		[245th of 250]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Area > Water	0 sq km		[204th of 239]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Climate	tropical
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Coastline	19.3 km		[216th of 271]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Elevation extremes > Highest point	unnamed location 6 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	19 17 N, 166 39 E
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Geography > Note strategic location in the North Pacific Ocean; emergency landing location for transpacific flights
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Land use > Arable land	0%		[233rd of 258]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Land use > Permanent crops	0%		[224th of 258]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Location Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to the Northern Mariana Islands
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Map references Oceania
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Maritime claims > Exclusive economic zone	200 nautical mile		[36th of 123]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Maritime claims > Territorial sea	12 nautical mile		[112nd of 191]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Natural hazards	occasional typhoons
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Natural resources	none
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
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
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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