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Title         :Jarvis Island 
Text          : 
                                  Jarvis Island 
 
                                     Header 
 
Affiliation: 
    (territory of the US) 
 
                                    Geography 
 
Location: 
    Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from 
    Hawaii to the Cook Islands 
Map references: 
    Oceania 
Area: 
  total area: 
    4.5 sq km 
  land area: 
    4.5 sq km 
  comparative area: 
    about 7.5 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC 
Land boundaries: 
    0 km 
Coastline: 
    8 km 
Maritime claims: 
  exclusive economic zone: 
    200 nm 
  territorial sea: 
    12 nm 
International disputes: 
    none 
Climate: 
    tropical; scant rainfall, constant wind, burning sun 
Terrain: 
    sandy, coral island surrounded by a narrow fringing reef 
Natural resources: 
    guano (deposits worked until late 1800s) 
Land use: 
  arable land: 
    0% 
  permanent crops: 
    0% 
  meadows and pastures: 
    0% 
  forest and woodland: 


    0% 
  other: 
    100% 
Irrigated land: 
    0 sq km 
Environment: 
  current issues: 
    no natural fresh water resources 
  natural hazards: 
    the narrow fringing reef surrounding the island can be a maritime hazard 
  international agreements: 
    NA 
Note: 
    sparse bunch grass, prostrate vines, and low-growing shrubs; primarily a 
    nesting, roosting, and foraging habitat for seabirds, shorebirds, and marine
 
    wildlife; feral cats 
 
                                     People 
 
Population: 
    uninhabited; note - Millersville settlement on western side of island 
    occasionally used as a weather station from 1935 until World War II, when it
 
    was abandoned; reoccupied in 1957 during the International Geophysical Year 
    by scientists who left in 1958; public entry is by special-use permit only 
    and generally restricted to scientists and educators 
 
                                   Government 
 
Names: 
  conventional long form: 
    none 
  conventional short form: 
    Jarvis Island 
Digraph: 
    DQ 
Type: 
    unincorporated territory of the US administered by the Fish and Wildlife 
    Service of the US Department of the Interior as part of the National 
    Wildlife Refuge System 
Capital: 
    none; administered from Washington, DC 
 
                                     Economy 
 
Overview: 
    no economic activity 
 
                                 Transportation 
 
Ports: 
    none; offshore anchorage only; note - there is one boat landing area in the 
    middle of the west coast and another near the southwest corner of the island
 
Note: 
    there is a day beacon near the middle of the west coast 
 
                                 Defense Forces 
 


    defense is the responsibility of the US; visited annually by the US Coast 
    Guard 

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The World Factbook 1995,
SuDoc No: PREX 3.15:995

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