on concentrated in Saint Helier

Johnston Atoll:
strategic location in the North Pacific Ocean;
Johnston Island and Sand Island are natural islands, which have been
expanded by coral dredging; North Island (Akau) and East Island
(Hikina) are manmade islands formed from coral dredging; egg-shaped
reef is 34 km in circumference; closed to the public; former US
nuclear weapons test site; site of Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent
Disposal System (JACADS); some low-growing vegetation

Juan de Nova Island:
wildlife sanctuary

Kazakhstan:
landlocked; Russia leases approximately 6,000 sq km of
territory enclosing the Baykonur Cosmodrome

Kenya:
the Kenyan Highlands comprise one of the most successful
agricultural production regions in Africa; glaciers on Mt. Kenya;
unique physiography supports abundant and varied wildlife of
scientific and economic value

Kingman Reef:
barren coral atoll with deep interior lagoon; closed
to the public

Kiribati:
20 of the 33 islands are inhabited; Banaba (Ocean Island)
in Kiribati is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the
Pacific Ocean - the others are Makatea in French Polynesia, and Nauru

Korea, North:
strategic location bordering China, South Korea, and
Russia; mountainous interior is isolated and sparsely populated

Kuwait:
strategic location at head of Persian Gulf

Kyrgyzstan:
landlocked

Laos:
landlocked

Lebanon:
Nahr al Litani only major river in Near East not crossing
an international boundary; rugged terrain historically helped
isolate, protect, and develop numerous factional groups based on
religion, clan, and ethnicity

Lesotho:
landlocked; surrounded by South Africa

Liechtenstein:
along with Uzbekistan, one of only two doubly
landlocked countries in the world; variety of microclimatic
variations based on elevation

Luxembourg:
landlocked

Macau:
essentially urban; one causeway and two bridges connect the
two islands of Coloane and Taipa to the peninsula on mainland

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:
landlocked; major
transportation corridor from Western and Central Europe to Aegean
Sea and Southern Europe to Western Europe

Madagascar:
world's fourth-largest island; strategic location along
Mozambique Channel

Malawi:
landlocked

Malaysia:
strategic location along Strait of Malacca and southern
South China Sea

Maldives:
1,190