1BluePlanet Jarvis Island

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1BluePlanet Jarvis Island

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Introduction: JARVIS ISLANDS

First discovered by the British in 1821, the uninhabited island was annexed by the US in 1858, but abandoned in 1879 after tons of guano had been removed. The UK annexed the island in 1889, but never carried out plans for further exploitation. The US occupied and reclaimed the island in 1935. Abandoned after World War II, the island is currently a National Wildlife Refuge administered by the US Department of the Interior; a day beacon is situated near the middle of the west coast.

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Country name:	conventional long form: none conventional short form: Jarvis Island
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Location:	Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, about half way between Hawaii and the Cook Islands
Geographic Coordinates:	0 22 S, 160 03 W
Area:	total: 4.5 sq km land: 4.5 sq km water: 0 sq km
Area Comparative:	about eight times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
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Coastline:	8 km
Maritime Claims:	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Climate:	tropical; scant rainfall, constant wind, burning sun
Terrain:	sandy, coral island surrounded by a narrow fringing reef
Elavation Extremes:	lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location 7 m
Natural Resources:	guano (deposits worked until late 1800s), terrestrial and aquatic wildlife
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Administratives Divisions:	unincorporated territory of the US; administered from Washington, DC, by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system
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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 from US Fish and Wildlife Service only and generally restricted to scientists and educators; visited annually by US Fish and Wildlife Service (July 2005 est.)
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Ports and harbors:	none; offshore anchorage only; note - there is one small boat landing area in the middle of the west coast and another near the southwest corner of the island
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