KINGMAN REEF                                                                    
(territory of the US)                                                           
GEOGRAPHY                                                                       
Total area: 1 km2; land area: 1 km2                                             
                                                                                
Comparative area: about 1.7 times the size of The Mall in                       
Washington, DC                                                                  
                                                                                
Land boundaries: none                                                           
                                                                                
Coastline: 3 km                                                                 
                                                                                
Maritime claims:                                                                
                                                                                
Contiguous zone: 12 nm;                                                         
                                                                                
Continental shelf: 200 m (depth);                                               
                                                                                
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm;                                                
                                                                                
Territorial sea: 12 nm                                                          
                                                                                
Climate: tropical, but moderated by prevailing winds                            
                                                                                
Terrain: low and nearly level with a maximum elevation of about                 
1 meter                                                                         
                                                                                
Natural resources: none                                                         
                                                                                
Land use: arable land 0%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and pastures              
0%; forest and woodland 0%; other 100%                                          
                                                                                
Environment: barren coral atoll with deep interior lagoon; wet or               
awash most of the time                                                          
                                                                                
Note: located 1,600 km south-southwest of Honolulu in the North                 
Pacific Ocean, about halfway between Hawaii and American Samoa; maximum         
elevation of about 1 meter makes this a navigational hazard; closed to          
the public                                                                      
                                                                                
PEOPLE                                                                          
Population: uninhabited                                                         
                                                                                
GOVERNMENT                                                                      
Long-form name: none                                                            
                                                                                
Type: unincorporated territory of the US administered by the                    
US Navy                                                                         
                                                                                
ECONOMY                                                                         
Overview: no economic activity                                                  
                                                                                
COMMUNICATIONS                                                                  
Airports: lagoon was used as a halfway station between Hawaii and               
American Samoa by Pan American Airways for flying boats in 1937 and 1938        
                                                                                
Ports: none; offshore anchorage only                                            
                                                                                
DEFENSE FORCES                                                                  
Note: defense is the responsibility of the US                                   
                                                                                
