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Johnston Atoll

Johnston Atoll 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.
  • Maritime claims > Territorial sea: territorial sea - the sovereignty of a coastal State extends beyond its land territory and internal waters to an adjacent belt of sea, described as the territorial sea in the LOS Convention (Part II); this sovereignty extends to the air space over the territorial sea as well as its underlying seabed and subsoil; every State has the right to establish the breadth of its territorial sea up to a limit not exceeding 12 nautical miles. A full and definitive definition can be found in the Law of the Sea (LOS) Convention.
  • 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 4.7 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC 2013
Area > Comparative to US places about 4.7 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC 2006
Area > Land 2.63 sq km 2006 15th out of 20
Area > Total 2.63 sq km 2013 247th out of 251
Area > Water 0.0 2013 194th out of 246
Climate tropical, but generally dry; consistent northeast trade winds with little seasonal temperature variation 2013
Coastline None 2013
Elevation extremes > Highest point Summit Peak 5 m 2013
Geographic coordinates 16 45 N, 169 31 W 2013
Irrigated land 0.0 2012 16th out of 32
Land use > Arable land 0.0 2013 228th out of 246
Location Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean 717 nm (1328 km) southwest of Honolulu, Hawaii, about one-third of the way from Hawaii to the Marshall Islands 2013
Maritime claims > Territorial sea 12 nautical mile 2013 94th out of 198
Natural resources guano deposits (worked until depletion about 1890), terrestrial and aquatic wildlife 2013
Terrain mostly flat 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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Johnston Atoll Geography Profiles (Subcategories)

Area 5 Land use 3
  • Johnston Atoll ranked 23 places from the bottom for land use > arable land globally in 2013.
  • Johnston Atoll has ranked in the top 15 for land use > other since 2005.
  • Johnston Atoll has ranked in the top 24 for irrigated land since 2011.
  • Johnston Atoll has ranked in the top 71 for maritime claims > exclusive economic zone since 2006.
  • Johnston Atoll has ranked in the top 95 for maritime claims > territorial sea since 2006.
  • Johnston Atoll has ranked in the top 247 for area > total since 2006.
  • Johnston Atoll has ranked in the top 195 for area > water since 2012.
  • Johnston Atoll has ranked in the top 224 for land use > permanent crops since 2012.

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