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Palmyra Atoll
| Location |
N Pacific Ocean |
| Latitude and longitude |
5 52 N, 162 06 W |
| Sovereignty |
United States of America |
| Political status notes |
incorporated territory administered by the Fish and
Wildlife Service of the U.S. Department of the Interior as part of the
National Wildlife Refuge system and for parts outside of the refuge by
the Office
of Insular Affairs of the U.S. Department of the Interior
|
| Population |
about 20 |
| Land area in square kilometers |
12 |
| Capital |
Administered from Washington, D.C. |
Sources and other useful websites
|
| Dependencies
and Areas of Special Sovereignty, Office of the Geographer and
Global Issues, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of
State, Washington, D.C. |
| The
Nature Conservancy and Palmyra Atoll |
| Palmyra
Island, Office of Insular Affairs, U.S. Department of the
Interior, Washington, D.C. |
| Palmyra
Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, from the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Palmyra
Atoll: Rain Forest of the Sea |
| U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, The
World Factbook |
| United
States v. Fullard-Leo, 331 U.S. 256 (1947), from Justia.Com; this case includes a good description of the
history and political status of Palmyra Atoll |
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