Midway Islands
unincorporated territory of the US administered by the US Navy, under command of the Barbers Point Naval Air Station in Hawaii and managed cooperatively by the US Navy and the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge System
Midway Islands as the 1991 edition of the CIA World Factbook published it: 22 fields, one of 24 editions from 1990 to 2020.
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Geography
10 fieldsCoastline
- 15 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 2,350 km west-northwest of Honolulu at the western end of Hawaiian Islands group, about one-third of the way between Honolulu and Tokyo; closed to the public
People
1 fieldGovernment
4 fieldsType
unincorporated territory of the US administered by the US Navy, under command of the Barbers Point Naval Air Station in Hawaii and managed cooperatively by the US Navy and the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge System
Economy
The economy is based on providing support services for US naval operations located on the islands.
2 fieldsOverview
The economy is based on providing support services for US naval operations located on the islands. All food and manufactured goods must be imported.
Communications
4 fieldsNetworkskm
Defense Forces
1 fieldCite this entry
Central Intelligence Agency. “Midway Islands.” The World Factbook 1991. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/midway-islands/1991.