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JARVIS ISLAND

 (territory of the US) 

@Jarvis Island: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

@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

@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

Economy

 Overview: no economic activity

@Jarvis Island: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

@Jarvis Island:Defense Forces

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


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