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Wake Island

Average temperature, rainfall and snowfall information is available for the following climate stations in Wake Island

• WAKE ISLAND

 

Official name: Wake Island
Capital:
Area: total: 6.5 sq km
water: 0 sq km
land: 6.5 sq km
Climate: tropical
Location: Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to the Northern Mariana Islands
Geographic coordinates: 19 17 N, 166 36 E
Comparative Area: about 11 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Land boundaries: 0 km
Coastline: 19.3 km
Terrain: atoll of three coral islands built up on an underwater volcano; central lagoon is former crater, islands are part of the rim
Elevation extremes: lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 6 m


Map of Wake Island

Map of Wake Island

 

 


 

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