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#CARD:Jarvis Island:Header
THE WORLD FACTBOOK
Jarvis Island
Header
Affiliation:
(territory of the US)
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#CARD:Jarvis Island:Geography
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Jarvis Island
Geography
Location:
in the South Pacific Ocean, 2,090 km south of Honolulu, just south of the
Equator, about halfway between Hawaii and the Cook Islands
Map references:
Oceania
Area:
total area:
4.5 km2
land area:
4.5 km2
comparative area:
about 7.5 times the size of the Mall in Washington, DC
Land boundaries:
0 km
Coastline:
8 km
Maritime claims:
contiguous zone:
24 nm
continental shelf:
200 m or depth of exploitation
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 km2
Environment:
sparse bunch grass, prostrate vines, and low-growing shrubs; lacks fresh
water; primarily a nesting, roosting, and foraging habitat for seabirds,
shorebirds, and marine wildlife; feral cats
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#CARD:Jarvis Island:People
THE WORLD FACTBOOK
Jarvis Island
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
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#CARD:Jarvis Island:Government
THE WORLD FACTBOOK
Jarvis Island
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
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#CARD:Jarvis Island:Economy
THE WORLD FACTBOOK
Jarvis Island
Economy
Overview:
no economic activity
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#CARD:Jarvis Island:Communications
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Jarvis Island
Communications
Ports:
none; offshore anchorage only - 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
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#CARD:Jarvis Island:Defense Forces
THE WORLD FACTBOOK
Jarvis Island
Defense Forces
defense is the responsibility of the US; visited annually by the US Coast
Guard
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#CARD:Jersey:Header
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Jersey
Header
Affiliation:
(British crown dependency)
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