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  Johnston Atoll - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Johnston is an unincorporated territory of the United States, part of the United States Minor Outlying Islands, administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Interior as part of the United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges.
The Johnston Atoll was claimed by both the United States and the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1858.
In 1993, Congress zero-funded the Johnston Atoll Safeguard C mission and redefined the island's military mission as the storage and destruction of chemical weapons.
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 DOI Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) - JOHNSTON ISLAND
Johnston Island was annexed into the United States as a guano island under the Guano Act of 1856.
The atoll was fortified during the war and used as a supply point for submarines.
Johnston Atoll is an unorganized, unincorporated territory of the United States.
www.doi.gov /oia/Islandpages/johnstonpage.htm   (680 words)

  
  Encyclopedia: Johnston Atoll   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Johnston Atoll is a 2.8 km² atoll in the North Pacific Ocean at 16°45′ N 169°30′ W, about one-third of the way from Hawai'i to the Marshall Islands.
Johnston is an unincorporated territory of the United States, administered from Washington, D.C. by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service of the United States Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system.
The Johnston Atoll was claimed by both the United States and the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1858.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Johnston-Atoll   (4370 words)

  
 Johnston Atoll: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — Infoplease.com
Johnston Atoll was used by the U.S. Air Force to conduct test launchings of nuclear missiles and contains a landfill of plutonium-contaminated waste.
More than four million pounds of chemical weapons have been destroyed on Johnston since 1990, and the U.S. military has been fined several times since then for improperly handing VX and sarin gas and releasing the deadly substances on the atoll.
Johnston Atoll - Map of Johnston Atoll & articles on flags, geography, history, statistics, disasters, and current events.
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 Johnston Atoll   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Johnston is an unincorporated territory of the United States, administered from Washington, DC by the United States Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and managed cooperatively by DTRA and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service of the United States Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system.
The defense of Johnston Atoll is managed by the military of the United States.
Johnston Atoll was shelled by the Japanese in World War II.
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 AllRefer.com - Johnston Atoll (Pacific Islands Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
Johnston Atoll, atoll, 2.8 sq mi (7.25 sq km), central Pacific, c.700 nautical mi (1,300 km) SW of Honolulu, central Pacific, an uninc.
Johnston Atoll was discovered by Americans in 1796, or the British in 1807, and was claimed by both the United States and the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1858; it was not, however, included in the state of Hawaii.
In the 1950s and 60s the United States conducted a series of nuclear tests there, causing some radioactive contamination of the atoll; the area was also a chemical and biological weapons storage and incineration site.
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Johnston Island is the base for all the atoll's operations and management activities.
Currently the Johnston Atoll incineration facility is in full operation and has already destroyed more than two million pounds of chemical weapons.
That's the Johnston Atoll plant, and this is the Tooele plant in the background.
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 1000Countries.com: Johnston Atoll I: johnston atoll, JOHNSTON ATOLL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Johnston Atoll is one of the most isolated atolls in the world, is located in...
Johnston Atoll is a 2.8 sq kilometer atoll in the North...
Johnston Atoll is a 2.8 sq kilometer atoll in the...
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 Alohacyberian of Hawaii - The Leeward Islands with Keith Martin
Kure is an oval-shaped atoll, which is 6 miles wide at its maximum diameter and 55 miles west-northwest of Midway Atoll at the extreme northwest end of the Hawaiian archipelago.
The atoll lies in the path of a major Pacific current, resulting in tons of fishing nets and debris washing up on the reefs and beaches, which pose an entanglement hazard for monk seals, turtles, seabirds, fish and lobsters.
The atoll was attacked twice, once on December 7, 1941, after the attack on Pearl Harbor, and again during the pivotal Battle of Midway, which turned the tide of the War in America's favor.
hawaii.home.att.net /vLeeward.html   (5189 words)

  
 1Up Travel > Johnston Atoll > Travel & Tourism | Tourist Guide to Johnston Atoll
Geography of Johnston Atoll - Highlights the location, map references, area, land boundaries, climate, natural resources, land use, natural hazards, environment, and geography of Johnston Atoll
Government and Politics in Johnston Atoll - Profiles the country name, government type, administrative divisions, independence, national holiday, constitution, legal system, suffrage, executive, legislative, and judicial branches, political parties and leaders, and a flag description of Johnston Atoll.
Flags of Johnston Atoll - Uncover the flag images and description of the flag of Johnston Atoll.
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 Geography Of Johnston Atoll   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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 Johnston Atoll
Johnston is a coral atoll about 700 mi southwest of Hawaii.
Johnston Atoll was used by the U.S. Air Force to conduct test launchings of nuclear missiles and contains a landfill of plutonium-contaminated waste.
More than four million pounds of chemical weapons have been destroyed on Johnston since 1990, and the U.S. military has been fined several times since then for improperly handing VX and sarin gas and releasing the deadly substances on the atoll.
www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0113954.html   (201 words)

  
 License Plates of Johnston Island (United States)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The few vehicles on Johnston Island either bear a U.S. Government plate or the plate(s) of the vehicle's original place of registration (mostly Hawaii).
Johnston Island (Atoll) was annexed by both the Kingdom of Hawai'i and the United States in 1858.
In 1936, an airstrip and refueling station was established for aircraft of the U.S. Navy.
www.worldlicenseplates.com /world/PA_JOHN.html   (112 words)

  
 Johnston Atoll Geography 1995 - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, ...
Johnston Atoll Geography 1995 - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, Population, Social Statistics, Political System
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); some low-growing vegetation
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 CIA - The World Factbook -- Johnston Atoll   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Johnston and Sand Islands were designated wildlife refuges in 1926.
Cleanup and closure of the facility was completed in 2004.
Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean 717 nm (1328 km) southwest of Honolulu, Hawaii, about one-third of the way from Hawaii to the Marshall Islands
www.odci.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/jq.html   (283 words)

  
 Johnston Atoll - Definition of Johnston Atoll - Johnston Atoll in Encyclopedia - DictionaryWords.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Johnston Atoll - Definition of Johnston Atoll - Johnston Atoll in Encyclopedia - DictionaryWords.net
--- [from world02] --- :Johnston Atoll : Introduction Johnston Atoll --------------------------- Background: Both the US and the Kingdom of Hawaii annexed Johnston Atoll in 1858, but it was the US that mined the guano deposits until the late 1880s.
The site was used for high altitude nuclear tests in the 1950s and 1960s, and until late in 2000 the atoll was maintained as a storage and disposal site for chemical weapons.
www.dictionarywords.net /find/word/Johnston%20Atoll   (125 words)

  
 Detailed Country Profile: Johnston Atoll   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Americans and Icelanders go to the pictures on average 5 times a year, while Japanese go only once.
Both the US and the Kingdom of Hawaii annexed Johnston Atoll in 1858, but it was the US that mined the guano deposits until the late 1880s.
The US Navy took over the atoll in 1934, and subsequently the US Air Force assumed control in 1948.
www.nationmaster.com /country/jq   (139 words)

  
 Nat' Academies Press, Closure and Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System (2002)
Closure and Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System Appendix B Biographical Sketches of Committee Members Peter B. Lederman (Chair), retired executive director of the Hazardous Substances Management Research Center and executive director of the Office of Intellectual Property, is research professor of chemical engineering and environmental policy at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
Closure and Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System NIOSH observer with the Panel on Risk Assessment of the National Research Council.
Closure and Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Ph.D. in planning from Columbia University, is currently Professor of Planning and Public Administration and Director, Institute for Civil Infrastructure Systems (ICIS) at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service of New York University.
books.nap.edu /books/0309084059/html/47.html   (3166 words)

  
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Middle America, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, 1,120 km southwest of Mexico.
Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, about one-third of the way from Hawaii to the Marshall Islands.
Oceania, group of atolls and reefs in the North Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to Papua New Guinea.
www.alicebot.org /aiml/aaa/Geography.aiml   (3324 words)

  
 Open Directory - Regional: Oceania: Johnston Atoll   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
CIA - The World Factbook: Johnston Island - Features map and brief descriptions of the geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues.
Johnston Island DX Expedition - 2001 - A ham radio expedition to Johnston Island, 2001.
Johnston Island II - Pictures and information about a small Island in the middle of the Pacific.
dmoz.org /Regional/Oceania/Johnston_Atoll   (232 words)

  
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www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/g/ge/index.html   (151 words)

  
 Wake Island
Wake Island, about halfway between Midway and Guam, is an atoll consisting of the three islets of Wilkes, Peale, and Wake.
Atlas: Wake Island - Facts on Wake Island: flags, maps, geography, history, statistics, disasters current events, and international relations.
Wake Island - Wake Island, atoll with three islets (Wake, Wilkes, and Peale), 3 sq mi (7.8 sq km), central...
www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0113957.html   (236 words)

  
 Nauru - Atlapedia Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
LOCATION and GEOGRAPHY: Nauru is an island located in the west central Pacific Ocean.
It is the smallest nation in Asia and is comprised of phosphate rock.
Dowiyogo argued strongly that chemical weapons should not be destroyed at the Johnston Atoll in the Pacific.
www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/nauru.htm   (646 words)

  
 Information on Johnston Atoll
The list of links is growing all the time so please bookmark this page and come back often to find out more information on Johnston Atoll.
We are constantly trying to improve the list of links to information on the Web about Johnston Atoll.
Travelselect is based in London, United Kingdom, and is a fully licensed and bonded travel company.
www.connectedglobe.com /millennium/jq.html   (201 words)

  
 Johnston Atoll
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atoll, 2.8 sq mi (7.25 sq km), central Pacific, c.700 nautical mi (1,300 km) SW of Honolulu, central Pacific, an uninc.
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 CIA - The World Factbook -- Field Listing - Geography - note   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
the northern Cook Islands are seven low-lying, sparsely populated, coral atolls; the southern Cook Islands consist of eight elevated, fertile, volcanic isles where most of the populace lives
a coral atoll managed as a national wildlife refuge and open to the public for wildlife-related recreation in the form of wildlife observation and photography, sport fishing, snorkeling, and scuba diving; the refuge is temporarily closed for reorganization at present (2004)
consists of the main island of New Caledonia (one of the largest in the Pacific Ocean), the archipelago of Iles Loyaute, and numerous small, sparsely populated islands and atolls
www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/fields/2113.html   (5054 words)

  
 Kids Online Resources - Countries, Islands and Territories of the World
Geography - Countries, Islands and Territories of the World - United States
We have directories detailing hotels travel and business in the island and much more information.
Johnston Atoll - Johnston Atoll information includes Anthems, Defense, Economy, Flags, Geography, Government, Maps, News, Weather.
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 GeographyIQ - World Atlas - Oceania - Map of Johnston Atoll
GeographyIQ - World Atlas - Oceania - Map of Johnston Atoll
Geography - People - Government - Economy - Communications - Transportation - Climate - Current Time - US Dollar Exchange Rates
For comments and feedback, write to us at info@GeographyIQ.com.
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 Johnston Atoll
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Location: Location: Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean 717 NM (1328 km) southwest of Honolulu, Hawaii, about one-third of the way from Hawaii to the Marshall Islands.
Ports and harbors: Johnston Island Airports - with paved runways: 1.
www.paulnoll.com /Locations/visiting-Johnston-Atoll.html   (337 words)

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