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- @node Header (Johnston Atoll)
- @section Header (Johnston Atoll)
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- @display
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- Affiliation:
- (territory of the US)
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- @node Geography (Johnston Atoll)
- @section Geography (Johnston Atoll)
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- @display
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- Location:
- in the North Pacific Ocean, 1,430 km west-southwest of Honolulu, about
- one-third of the way between Hawaii and the Marshall Islands
- Map references:
- Oceania
- Area:
- total area:
- 2.8 km2
- land area:
- 2.8 km2
- comparative area: about 4.7 times the size of the Mall in Washington, DC
- Land boundaries:
- 0 km
- Coastline:
- 10 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, but generally dry; consistent northeast trade winds with little
- seasonal temperature variation
- Terrain:
- mostly flat with a maximum elevation of 4 meters
- Natural resources:
- guano (deposits worked until about 1890)
- Land use:
- arable land:
- 0%
- permanent crops:
- 0%
- meadows and pastures:
- 0%
- forest and woodland:
- 0%
- other:
- 100%
- Irrigated land:
- 0 km2
- Environment:
- some low-growing vegetation
- Note:
- strategic location in the North Pacific Ocean; Johnston Island and Sand
- Island are natural islands; North Island (Akau) and East Island (Hikina) are
- manmade islands formed from coral dredging; closed to the public; former
- nuclear weapons test site; site of Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal
- System (JACADS)
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- @node People (Johnston Atoll)
- @section People (Johnston Atoll)
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- @display
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- Population:
- no indigenous inhabitants; note - there are 1,400 US Government personnel
- and contractors
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- @node Government (Johnston Atoll)
- @section Government (Johnston Atoll)
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- @display
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- Names:
- conventional long form:
- none
- conventional short form:
- Johnston Atoll
- Digraph:
- JQ
- Type:
- unincorportated territory of the US administered by the US Defense Nuclear
- Agency (DNA) and managed cooperatively by DNA and 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
- Diplomatic representation in US:
- none (territory of the US)
- Flag:
- the flag of the US is used
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- @node Economy (Johnston Atoll)
- @section Economy (Johnston Atoll)
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- @display
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- Overview:
- Economic activity is limited to providing services to US military personnel
- and contractors located on the island. All food and manufactured goods must
- be imported.
- Electricity:
- supplied by the management and operations contractor
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- @node Communications (Johnston Atoll)
- @section Communications (Johnston Atoll)
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- @display
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- Airports:
- total:
- 1
- usable:
- 1
- with permanent-surface runways:
- 1
- with runways over 3,659 m:
- 0
- with runways 2,440 to 3,659 m:
- 1 with TACAN and beacon
- with runways 1,220 to 2,439 m:
- 0
- Telecommunications:
- excellent system including 60-channel submarine cable, Autodin/SRT terminal,
- digital telephone switch, Military Affiliated Radio System (MARS station),
- commercial satellite television system, and UHF/VHF air-ground radio
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- @node Defense Forces (Johnston Atoll)
- @section Defense Forces (Johnston Atoll)
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- @display
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- Note:
- defense is the responsibility of the US
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- @end display
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