Marshall Islands' Geography | Marshall Islands Geography

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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