Kingman Reef
unincorporated territory of the US administered by the US Navy
Kingman Reef as the 1991 edition of the CIA World Factbook published it: 17 fields, one of 24 editions from 1990 to 2020.
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Area1 km2
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Populationas each edition published it
Not in this edition
2,000 in 2000
Geography
10 fieldsTotal area
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land area: 1 km2Comparative area: about 1.7 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Coastline
- 3 km Contiguous zone: 12 nm;
- Continental shelf: 200 m (depth);
- Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm;
- Territorial sea: 12 nm
Land use
- arable land 0%;
- permanent crops 0%;
- meadows and pastures 0%;
- forest and woodland 0%;
- other 100%
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
1 fieldGovernment
Unincorporated territory of the US administered by the US Navy
2 fieldsEconomy
No economic activity
1 fieldCommunications
2 fieldsDefense Forces
1 fieldCite this entry
Central Intelligence Agency. “Kingman Reef.” The World Factbook 1991. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/kingman-reef/1991.