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Wake Island

Wake Island Geography Stats

Definitions

  • Area > Comparative: The area of various small countries expressed in comparison to various areas within the United States of America.
  • Area > Comparative to US places: This entry provides an area comparison based on total area equivalents. Most entities are compared with the entire US or one of the 50 states based on area measurements (1990 revised) provided by the US Bureau of the Census. The smaller entities are compared with Washington, DC (178 sq km, 69 sq mi) or The Mall in Washington, DC (0.59 sq km, 0.23 sq mi, 146 acres).
  • Area > Land: Total land area in square kilometres
  • Area > Total: Total area in square kilometers
  • Area > Water: Total water area in square kilometers
  • Climate: A brief description of typical weather regimes throughout the year.
  • Coastline: The total length of the boundary between the land area (including islands) and the sea.
  • Elevation extremes > Highest point: Highest point above sea level
  • Geographic coordinates: This entry includes rounded latitude and longitude figures for the purpose of finding the approximate geographic center of an entity and is based on the Gazetteer of Conventional Names, Third Edition, August 1988, US Board on Geographic Names and on other sources.
  • Irrigated land: The number of square kilometers of land area that is artificially supplied with water.
  • Land use > Arable land: The percentage of used land that is arable. Arable land is land cultivated for crops that are replanted after each harvest like wheat, maize, and rice
  • Location: The country's regional location, neighboring countries, and adjacent bodies of water.
  • Natural hazards: Potential natural disasters.
  • Natural resources: A country's mineral, petroleum, hydropower, and other resources of commercial importance.
  • Terrain: A brief description of the topography
STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Area > Comparative about 11 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC 2013
Area > Comparative to US places about 11 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC 2008
Area > Land 6.5 sq km 2008 230th out of 235
Area > Total 6.5 sq km 2013 241st out of 251
Area > Water 0.0 2013 224th out of 246
Climate tropical 2013
Coastline 19.3 km 2014 193th out of 242
Elevation extremes > Highest point unnamed location 6 m 2013
Geographic coordinates 19 17 N, 166 39 E 2013
Irrigated land 0.0 2012 32nd out of 32
Land use > Arable land 0.0 2013 238th out of 246
Location Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to the Northern Mariana Islands 2013
Natural hazards occasional typhoons 2011
Natural resources none 2013
Terrain atoll of three low coral islands, Peale, Wake, and Wilkes, built up on an underwater volcano; central lagoon is former crater, islands are part of the rim 2013

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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Wake Island Geography Profiles (Subcategories)

Area 5 Land use 3
  • Wake Island ranked 17 places from the bottom for area > total globally in 2013.
  • Wake Island has ranked in the top 23 for land use > other since 2005.
  • Wake Island has ranked in the top 29 for irrigated land since 2010.
  • Wake Island has ranked in the top 110 for maritime claims > exclusive economic zone since 2005.
  • Wake Island has ranked in the top 152 for maritime claims > territorial sea since 2005.
  • Wake Island has ranked in the top 214 for coastline since 2005.
  • Wake Island has ranked in the top 225 for area > water since 2005.
  • Wake Island has ranked in the top 230 for area > land since 2005.
  • Wake Island has ranked in the top 238 for land use > arable land since 2010.
  • Wake Island has ranked in the top 238 for land use > permanent crops since 2010.

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