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Jarvis Island
Jarvis Island is an uninhabited 4.5 square kilometer island with no economic activity in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to the Cook Islands.
The Millersville settlement on western side of island was occasionally used as a weather station from 1935 until World War II, when it was abandoned; it was reoccupied in 1957 during the International Geophysical Year by scientists who left in 1958. Public entry is by special-use permit from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service only and is generally restricted to scientists and educators. The island is visited annually by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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From the CIA World Factbook 2000. Not Wikified.
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- Military: defense is the responsibility of the United States; visited annually by the US Coast Guard
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