| GEOGRAPHY |
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conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Palmyra Atoll |
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Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, about half way between Hawaii and American Samoa |
| Geographic
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5 52 N, 162 06 W |
| Area: |
total: 11.9 sq km
land: 11.9 sq km
water: 0 sq km |
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about 20 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC |
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| Coastline: |
14.5 km |
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territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
| Climate: |
equatorial, hot, and very rainy |
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very low |
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lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 2 m |
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terrestrial and aquatic wildlife |
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( incorporated territory of the US; privately owned, but administered from Washington, DC, by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior; the Office of Insular Affairs of the US Department of the Interior continues to administer nine excluded areas comprising certain tidal and submerged lands within the 12 nm territorial sea or within the lagoon ) |
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most of the roads and many causeways built during World War II are unserviceable and overgrown (2001) |
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West Lagoon |
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1 (2004 est.) |
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total: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2004 est.) |
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