Marshall Islands
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Introduction - Marshall Islands: | Location - Marshall Islands: | Location | Oceania, two archipelagic island chains of 29 atolls, each made up of many small islets, and five single islands in the North Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to Australia | | Geographic coordinates | 9 00 N, 168 00 E | | Map references | Oceania | | Area | total: 11,854.3 sq km
land: 181.3 sq km
water: 11,673 sq km (note - lagoon waters)
note: includes the atolls of Bikini, Enewetak, Kwajalein, Majuro, Rongelap, and Utirik | | Area comparative | about the size of Washington, DC | | Land boundaries | 0 km | | Coastline | 370.4 km | | Maritime claims | territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm | | Climate | tropical; hot and humid; wet season May to November; islands border typhoon belt | | Terrain | low coral limestone and sand islands | | Elevation extremes | lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Likiep 10 m | | Natural resources | coconut products, marine products, deep seabed minerals | | Land use | arable land: 11.11%
permanent crops: 44.44%
other: 44.45% (2005) | | Irrigated land | 0 sq km | | Natural hazards | infrequent typhoons | | Environment current issues | inadequate supplies of potable water; pollution of Majuro lagoon from household waste and discharges from fishing vessels | | Environment international agreements | party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements | | Geography note | Bikini and Enewetak are former US nuclear test sites; Kwajalein, the famous World War II battleground, is used as a US missile test range; island city of Ebeye is the second largest settlement in the Marshall Islands, after the capital of Majuro, and one of the most densely populated locations in the Pacific | |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |