Geography
It is located 425 miles (684 km) north of Majuro Atoll, the capital of the Marshall Islands, and 174 miles (280 km) northeast of Bikar Atoll, the closest atoll, making it the most northerly and most isolated atoll of the country. Wake Island is 348 miles (560 km) north-northwest. The land area is 1.25 square miles (3.2 km2), and the lagoon measures 30.12 square miles (78.0 km2). It consists of 36 islets.The total area is 49.8 square miles (129 km2) (including reef flat).
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