Midway Islands Geography - 2005

https://allcountries.org/wfb2005/midway_islands/midway_islands_geography.html
SOURCE: 2005 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

Location:
Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, about one-third of the way from Honolulu to Tokyo

Geographic coordinates:
28 13 N, 177 22 W

Map references:
Oceania

Area:
total: 6.2 sq km
land: 6.2 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes Eastern Island, Sand Island, and Spit Island

Area - comparative:
about nine times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC

Land boundaries:
0 km

Coastline:
15 km

Maritime claims:
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Climate:
subtropical; moderated by prevailing easterly winds

Terrain:
low, nearly level

Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 13 m

Natural resources:
wildlife, terrestrial and aquatic

Land use:
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2001)

Irrigated land:
0 sq km (1998 est.)

Natural hazards:
NA

Environment - current issues:
NA

Geography - note:
a coral atoll managed as a national wildlife refuge and open to the public for wildlife-related recreation in the form of wildlife observation and photography, sport fishing, snorkeling, and scuba diving; the refuge is temporarily closed for reorganization at present (2004)

NOTE: The information regarding Midway Islands on this page is re-published from the 2005 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Midway Islands Geography 2005 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Midway Islands Geography 2005 should be addressed to the CIA.

Please ADD this page to your FAVORITES - - - - -

https://allcountries.org/wfb2005/midway_islands/midway_islands_geography.html
Revised 16-Feb-06
Copyright © 2021 Photius Coutsoukis (all rights reserved)