Palmyra Atoll (2008) | Palmyra Atoll (2003) | |
Airports | 1 (2007) | 1 (2002) |
Airports - with unpaved runways | total: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2007) |
total: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2002) |
Dependency status | incorporated territory of the US; privately owned, but administered from Washington, DC, by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior; the Office of Insular Affairs of the US Department of the Interior continues to administer nine excluded areas comprising certain tidal and submerged lands within the 12 nm territorial sea or within the lagoon | incorporated territory of the US; privately owned, but administered from Washington, DC, by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior; the Office of Insular Affairs of the US Department of the Interior continues to administer nine excluded areas comprising certain tidal and submerged lands within the 12 NM territorial sea or within the lagoon |
Geographic coordinates | 5 52 N, 162 04 W | 5 52 N, 162 06 W |
Highways | - | most of the roads and many causeways built during World War II are unserviceable and overgrown (2001) |
Irrigated land | - | 0 sq km (1998 est.) |
Land use | arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (forests and woodlands) (2005) |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (forests and woodlands) (1998 est.) |
Maritime claims | territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM |
Population | no indigenous inhabitants
note: 4 to 20 Nature Conservancy staff, US Fish and Wildlife staff (July 2007 est.) |
no indigenous inhabitants; 4 to 20 Nature Conservancy staff, US Fish and Wildlife staff (July 2003 est.) |
Ports and harbors | - | West Lagoon |
Waterways | - | none |