Jarvis Island (/ˈdʒɑːrvɪs/; formerly known as Bunker Island or Bunker's Shoal) is an uninhabited 4.5 km2 (1.7 sq mi) coral island located in the South Pacific Ocean, about halfway between Hawaii and the Cook Islands.[1] It is an unincorporated, unorganized territory of the United States, administered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service of the United States Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system.[2] Unlike most coral atolls, the lagoon on Jarvis is wholly dry.
Jarvis is one of the Line Islands and for statistical purposes is also grouped as one of the United States Minor Outlying Islands. Jarvis Island is the largest of three U.S. equatorial possessions, which include Baker Island and Howland Island.[3]
It was claimed by the US in the 19th century and mined for guano, in the 20th century it was the subject of a small settlement. It was attacked during WW2 and evacuated, leaving some buildings and a day beacon. In modern times it is managed as a nature reserve.
^Darwin, Charles; Bonney, Thomas George (1897). The structure and distribution of coral reefs. New York: D. Appleton and Company. p. 207. ISBN 978-0-520-03282-8.
^"Jarvis Island". DOI Office of Insular Affairs. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2007.
^Rauzon, Mark J. (2016). Isles of Amnesia: The History, Geography, and Restoration of America's Forgotten Pacific Islands. University of Hawai'i Press, Latitude 20. Page 38. ISBN 9780824846794.
JarvisIsland (/ˈdʒɑːrvɪs/; formerly known as Bunker Island or Bunker's Shoal) is an uninhabited 4.5 km2 (1.7 sq mi) coral island located in the South...
outlying islands and groups of islands consist of eight United States insular areas in the Pacific Ocean (Baker Island, Howland Island, JarvisIsland, Johnston...
projects were started on nearby Baker Island and JarvisIsland, as well as Canton Island and Enderbury in the Phoenix Islands, which later became part of Kiribati...
The Line Islands Howland Island, Baker Island, JarvisIsland, Malden Island and Starbuck Island Tuvalu, Tokelau and the Northern Cook Islands (Pukapuka...
except Vostok and Jarvis) and coral islands (with a surrounding reef) in the central Pacific Ocean, south of the Hawaiian Islands. Eight of the atolls...
County Jarvis Creek, a river in Rice County, Kansas, United States JarvisIsland, a territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Jarvis Collegiate...
Minor Outlying Islands comprises Baker Island, Howland Island, JarvisIsland, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Navassa Island, Palmyra Atoll...
on Baker and Howland islands while simultaneously being noon Friday on Wake Island. Other outlying islands include JarvisIsland, Midway Atoll, Palmyra...
in JarvisIsland, with the 2015–16 bleaching displaying the unprecedented severity in the record. About 94% of the corals on Japan's Iriomote Island in...
the uninhabited JarvisIsland. American Samoa consists of five main islands and two coral atolls; the largest and most populous island is Tutuila, with...
Commerce to place U.S. citizens on uninhabited Howland, Baker, and JarvisIslands in the central Pacific Ocean so that weather stations and landing fields...
City Dallas San Francisco UTC−12:00 (Baker Island, Howland Island) Samoa Time Zone (American Samoa, JarvisIsland, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll)...
including Baker Island, Clipperton Island, Howland Island and JarvisIsland. There were brief attempts to settle Clipperton with Mexicans and Jarvis with Native...
Outlying Islands with zero people are Baker Island, Howland Island, JarvisIsland, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef and Navassa Island. The other 3 island territories...
second northernmost of the Line Islands and one of three American islands in the archipelago, along with JarvisIsland and Kingman Reef. Palmyra Atoll...
90th meridian west and the Equator, among the Galápagos Islands. The nearest land is Genovesa Island at 0°19′N 89°57′W / 0.317°N 89.950°W / 0.317; -89...
European. JarvisIsland, a remote coral island, was uninhabited when discovered by Europeans. Out of all the United States Minor Outlying Islands, Jarvis has...
Millersville, Illinois A former settlement on JarvisIsland in the Pacific Ocean called Millersville, JarvisIsland Millersville, Maryland Millersville, Michigan...
Virgin Islands, Anguilla to the south east and Samoa, Niue to the south west. The unincorporated territories of Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands and...
South Sea Islands. It may also be used to refer to the manager of remote scientific stations such as those in the Antarctic and JarvisIsland, an uninhabited...
arcs around Howland and Baker Islands as well as the US Possession JarvisIsland, from the west to the south and to the east. For example while the Winslow...
Tahiti JarvisIsland (United States) Juan Fernández Islands (Insular Chile) Alejandro Selkirk Island Robinson Crusoe Island Santa Clara Island Most of...
As of 2022[update], the islands still claimed by the United States under the Act are: Baker Island Howland IslandJarvisIsland Johnston Atoll Kingman...
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