Location:	Oceania, group of atolls and reefs 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: 181.3 sq km land: 181.3 sq km water: 0 sq km 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 from 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: 16.67% permanent crops: 38.89% other: 44.44% (2001)
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 signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Geography - note:	two archipelagic island chains of 30 atolls and 1,152 islands; Bikini and Enewetak are former US nuclear test sites; Kwajalein, the famous World War II battleground, is now used as a US missile test range

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