2000 Edition
CIA World Factbook 2000 (Project Gutenberg)
Geography
Area
- land
- 11.9 sq km
- total
- 11.9 sq km
- water
- 0 sq km
Area - comparative
about 20 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Climate
equatorial, hot, and very rainy
Coastline
14.5 km
Elevation extremes
- highest point
- unnamed location 2 m
- lowest point
- Pacific Ocean 0 m
Environment - current issues
NA
Geographic coordinates
5 52 N, 162 06 W
Geography - note
about 50 islets covered with dense vegetation, coconut trees, and balsa-like trees up to 30 meters tall
Irrigated land
0 sq km (1993)
Land boundaries
0 km
Land use
- arable land
- 0%
- forests and woodland
- 100%
- other
- 0%
- permanent crops
- 0%
- permanent pastures
- 0%
Location
Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to American Samoa
Map references
Oceania
Maritime claims
- exclusive economic zone
- 200 nm
- territorial sea
- 12 nm
Natural hazards
NA
Natural resources
none
Terrain
very low
People and Society
Population
uninhabited (July 2000 est.)
Government
Country name
- conventional long form
- none
- conventional short form
- Palmyra Atoll
Data code
LQ
Dependency status
incorporated territory of the US; privately owned, but administered from Washington, DC by the Office of Insular Affairs, US Department of the Interior
Flag description
the flag of the US is used
Economy
Economy - overview
no economic activity
Transportation
Airports
1 (1999 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways
- total
- 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (1999 est.)
Highways
much of the road and many causeways built during World War II are unserviceable and overgrown
Ports and harbors
West Lagoon
Military and Security
Military - note
defense is the responsibility of the US
Transnational Issues
Disputes - international
- none
- PANAMA