aved runways:
total: 2
over 3,047 m: 2 (1998 est.)

Airports--with unpaved runways:
total: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (1998 est.)

Heliports: 1 (1998 est.)

Military

Military branches: Ground Force, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard,
Police Force

Military manpower--military age: 15 years of age

Military manpower--availability:
males age 15-49: 220,670 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 121,451 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--reaching military age annually:
males: NA

Military expenditures--dollar figure: $276.9 million (1994)

Military expenditures--percent of GDP: 4.5% (1998)

Transnational Issues

Disputes--international: territorial dispute with Qatar over the
Hawar Islands and maritime boundary dispute with Qatar currently
before the International Court of Justice (ICJ)

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@Baker Island
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Geography

Location: Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, about
one-half of the way from Hawaii to Australia

Geographic coordinates: 0 13 N, 176 31 W

Map references: Oceania

Area:
total: 1.4 sq km
land: 1.4 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Area--comparative: about 2.5 times the size of The Mall in
Washington, DC

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 4.8 km

Maritime claims:
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm

Climate: equatorial; scant rainfall, constant wind, burning sun

Terrain: low, nearly level coral island surrounded by a narrow
fringing reef

Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 8 m

Natural resources: guano (deposits worked until 1891)

Land use:
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
permanent pastures: 0%
forests and woodland: 0%
other: 100%

Irrigated land: 0 sq km (1993)

Natural hazards: the narrow fringing reef surrounding the island
can be a maritime hazard

Environment--current issues: no natural fresh water resources

Environment--international agreements:
party to: NA
signed, but not ratified: NA

Geography--note: treeless, sparse, and scattered vegetation
consisting of grasses, prostrate vines, and low growing shrubs;
primarily a nesting, roosting, and foraging habitat for seabirds,
shorebirds, and marine wildlife

People

Population: uninhabited
note: American civilian