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	Jarvis Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Jarvis Island is an uninhabited 4.5 square kilometer island with located at 0°22′ S 160°03′ W (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=0_22_S_160_03_W_) in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to the Cook Islands.
		The U.S. occupied and reclaimed the island in 1935.
		Its sparse,, and low-growing shrubs are primarily a nesting, roosting, and foraging habitat for seabirds, shorebirds, and marine wildlife.
	www.bucyrus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Jarvis_Island (430 words)

	Jarvis Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Jarvis Island is an uninhabited 4.5 square kilometer island with located at 0°22' S, 160°03' W 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 but again abandoned in 1958.
		Its sparse bunch grass, prostrate vines, and low-growing shrubs are primarily a nesting, roosting, and foraging habitat for seabirds, shorebirds, and marine wildlife.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/j/ja/jarvis_island.html (333 words)

	Jarvis Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jarvis Island is an uninhabited 4.5 square kilometer island located at 0°22′ S 160°03′ W in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to the Cook Islands.
		The uninhabited island was annexed by the U.S. in 1858, but abandoned in 1879 after tons of guano had been removed.
		Public entry to Jarvis Island requires a special-use permit from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and is generally restricted to scientists and educators only.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jarvis_Island (415 words)

	Howland Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Howland Island was a refueling stop for American pilot Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan on their round-the-world flight in 1937.
		Howland is primarily a nesting, roosting, and foraging habitat for seabirds, shorebirds, and marine wildlife.
		Howland and neighboring Baker and Jarvis Islands are the subject of an Internet-based alternate history hoax developed by Stephen Abbott, a political consultant and apparently prolific author in this genre.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Howland_Island (889 words)

	PI - Baker, Howland, Jarvis Islands National Wildlife Refuge
		Baker consists of a 405-acre island surrounded by 30,504 acres of submerged land.
		Howland consists of a 455-acre island surrounded by 32,074 acres of submerged land.
		Jarvis consists of a 1,086-acre island surrounded by 35,397 acres of submerged land.
	pacificislands.fws.gov /wnwr/pbakernwr.html (206 words)

	History of Jarvis Island
		Probably the most interesting period in the history of Jarvis Island is the period of near continuous occupation, or "colonization" from 1935 to early 1942.
		Jarvis was visited by a party of oceanographers, representing the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, during the International Geophysical Year, an 18-month period from July 1, 1957 to December 31, 1958.
		Jewell published a map of Jarvis, annotated with such in-formation as the location of shell holes toward the eastern end of the island, which had been made by a Japanese sub-marine that had surfaced off the west shore of the island.
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	Jarvis Island National Wildlife Refuge
		Jarvis Island National Wildlife Refuge, 18 miles south of the equator and 1,300 miles south of Honolulu, is over 36,400 acres, including 1,100-acre (1.6 square mile) Jarvis Island.
		Jarvis is an uninhabited low, flat, and sandy; vegetated only by sparse grasses, prostrate vines, and low-growing shrubs (scant rainfall and intense sun).
		Jarvis Island was exploited for commercial guano harvesting during the 19th century.
	www.fws.gov /refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=12513 (334 words)

	Jarvis Island
		Jarvis Island is located a little more than 22 nautical miles south of the equator.
		It is 400 miles northwest of Starbuck, 373 miles northwest of Malden, 200 miles southwest of Christmas, 260 miles a little west of south from Fanning, 310 miles south and a little east of Washington, and 395 miles south-southeast of Palmyra.
		From 1858 to 1879 there is continuous record of guano shipments from this island, one of the most extensively exploited of the guano island.
	www.janeresture.com /jarvis (878 words)

	Howland Island
		Howland Island is an uninhabited atoll located just north of the equator in the central Pacific Ocean at 0°48′ N 176°38′ W (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=0_48_N_176_38_W_), about 3,100 km (1,675 nautical miles) southwest of Honolulu.
		The island is almost totally covered with grasses along with prostrate vines and low-growing shrubs.
		Howland and neighboring Baker and Jarvis Islands are the subject an Internet-based alternate history hoax developed by Stephen Abbott, a political consultant (http://www.sacomm.com/) and apparently prolific author in this genre (http://users.metro2000.net/~stabbott/AH.htm).
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Howland_Island (865 words)

	A Historical Timeline of Howland Baker and Jarvis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A Territorial Constitution is approved by the Island Development Corporation, and its Chairman, Augustus Freeling, becomes Territorial Governor of the Howland and Baker Islands on 3 April, 1954.
		The Territorial Assembly is re-apportioned for 30 seats, 18 from Howland Island, 12 from Baker Island.
		Under the deal, Jarvis island is to be protected from industrial development for 20 years.
	users.metro2000.net /~stabbott/hbHistory.htm (1666 words)

	AllRefer.com - Jarvis Island (Pacific Islands Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Jarvis Island, island, 1.7 sq mi (4.4 sq km), central Pacific, one of the Line Islands, just south of the equator and c.1,300 mi (2,090 km) S of Honolulu.
		Known to British and American mariners, it was claimed in 1856 by the United States along with Howland Island and Baker Island but was annexed by Great Britain in 1889.
		American colonists were brought to Jarvis in 1935; the following year the island was placed under the U.S. Dept. of the Interior.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/J/JarvisIs.html (195 words)

	PBS - The Voyage of the Odyssey - Track the Voyage - Kiribati
		He was unanimously named Jarvis, and put in a commodious cage while all on board began ministering to his every whim.
		As it turned out, Reb had Jarvis's shell-after all the reason she had picked it up in the first place was because she thought it was pretty-and so when Jarvis abandoned it to make his escape, she put it in with her other shells.
		And as I sit on deck in the night harbor of Tarawa, thinking of home, Jarvis sits in his dish on the dining room table thinking, I suppose, of his home (on that island which he now must realize was named after him).
	www.pbs.org /odyssey/odyssey/20001220_log_transcript.html (1167 words)

	Howland Island
		Howland Island lies 1650 sea miles to the southwest of Honolulu, and 48 miles north of the equator.
		It and Baker Island, which lies about 35 miles to the south and a little east, are located northwest of the Phoenix group, and a 1000 miles west of Jarvis.
		On the same cruise of the Liholiho, Jarvis and Baker islands likewise were claimed, and shortly thereafter guano digging operations were begun on them by the American Guano Co., under bonds 1 and 2, dated October 28, 1856.
	www.janeresture.com /howland (983 words)

	Galiano Island - Jarvis House B & B
		Jarvis House Bed & Breakfast is located on sunny Galiano Island between Vancouver and Victoria on Trincomali Channel with magnificent views to Mayne, Pender & Saltspring Islands and Victoria.
		Jarvis House is situated mid-land atop a high bluff overlooking Trincomali Channel.
		Jarvis House is easily accessible to recreational activities, sea kayaking, horseback riding, golf, boat rentals, beach combing, swimming, hiking and bird watching.
	www.cedarplace.com /jarvis (504 words)

	Jarvis Island Photos
		This map of Jarvis Island is based on; the 1924 elevation contour map drawn by Chester K.
		The image on the left is a rather poor shot of Jarvis Island from the space shuttleColumbia on July 1, 1992.
		This image of Jarvis Island was taken in December of 1999 by the space shuttle Discovery.
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	Baker Island travel guide
		Baker island is an uninhabited island, in the central Pacific, near the equator, some 2500 km south west of Hawai.
		The arid coral island was discovered in 1832 by Capt. Michael Baker, an American, and was claimed by the United States in 1856.
		Baker Island is administered under the U.S. Dept. of the Interior.
	www.world66.com /australiaandpacific/bakerisland (158 words)

	Jarvis Island Terraform Project
		As the water analaysis shows, Jarvis Island evaporates, on average, about 1750 gallons of water per acre per day more that it receives in the form of rain.
		However, even on Jarvis Island there are practical benefits given its status as a natural wildlife refuge and bird sanctuary.
		The planting of trees that are acceptable to local and itinerant bird populations as well as climatologically adapted to the "Jarvis Pond microclimate" would actually increase the value of Jarvis Island as a wildlife refuge.
	home.att.net /~higley.family/sub4.htm (1135 words)

	HF Radio - NW7US - The News Center
		Steve Higley notified OPDX that he is putting together a Web page on Jarvis Island (KH5J) at: jarvisisland.net He is very interested in hearing about the past (April 1990) and future DXpeditions to the island.
		As this was being written, the Cocos Island 2002 DXpedition Team was gathering in Costa Rica and hoped to depart from Puntarenas on Sunday, February 17th, with arrival at the operating location approximately 48 hours later.
		Although Cocos Island is territorially part of Costa Rica, it is a separate DXCC country with the prefix TI9.
	hfradio.org /news/opdx/opdx-550-200202171207.html (2967 words)

	Jarvis Island Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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	Jarvis Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		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.
		It uses material from the wikipedia article Jarvis Island.
	www.eurofreehost.com /ja/Jarvis_Island.html (193 words)

	Tourist Information for the Republic of the Howland and Baker Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Republic of Howland Baker and Jarvis is the second smallest independent nation in the world, measured by population.
		Neighboring Nations: Kiribati (pronounced "Kiribass"), Tuvalu, Fiji, Samoa,The Kingdom of Tonga, The Republic of the Marshall Islands, Nauru, The Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and Micronesia.
		The Baker Cemetery - The victims of the Japanese bombing of the Howland and Baker Islands in December, 1941 are buried in the Baker Island Cemetery, as well as Augustus Freeling and other early Howland and Baker settlers.
	users.metro2000.net /~stabbott/hbTourist.htm (1630 words)

	Pinkerton Group to Jarvis Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		We toured a cove on the west side of Jarvis Island, which is in the northeast corner of the Broken Islands Group on the above map.
		After breakfast we set off on a dinghy tour to visit the sea caves on the south shore of Dempster Island, which are the best in Barkley Sound.
		This cave is at the southeast side of Gibraltar Island.
	research.microsoft.com /~jamesrh/Boating/WestCoast2003/WestCoastJarvisIsland.htm (451 words)

	Geography Of Jarvis Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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		If you would like to use this information for Jarvis Island or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
	www.appliedlanguage.com /country_guides/jarvis_island_country_geography.shtml (301 words)

	Jarvis Island. The World Factbook. 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		First discovered by the British in 1821, the uninhabited island was annexed by the US in 1858, but abandoned in 1879 after tons of guano had been removed.
		Abandoned after World War II, the island is currently a National Wildlife Refuge administered by the US Department of the Interior; a day beacon is situated near the middle of the west coast.
		Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, about half way between Hawaii and the Cook Islands
	www.bonus.com /contour/bartlettqu/http@@/www.bartleby.com/151/dq.html (333 words)

	Baker, Howland, and Jarvis Islands
		These Pacific islands were claimed by the United States under the Guano Act of 1856 on May 13, 1936.
		Baker Island is an atoll with an area of approximately one square mile about 1,650 mi from Hawaii.
		Jarvis Island is several hundred miles to the east.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0113953.html (137 words)

	Jarvis Island
		Atlas: Jarvis Island - Facts on Jarvis Island: flags, maps, geography, history, statistics, disasters current events, and international relations.
		Baker, Howland, and Jarvis Islands - Status: Territory Major sources and definitions These Pacific islands were claimed by the United...
		Line Islands - Line Islands or Equatorial Islands,coral group, 43 sq mi (111 sq km), central and S Pacific.
	www.factmonster.com /id/A0826018 (188 words)

	Jarvis Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Jarvis Island is an uninhabited 4.5 square kilometer island with located at in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to the Cook Islands.
		Republic of Howland, Baker and Jarvis : A fictional alternative reality Micronation.
		Jarvis Island Home Page : Website with photos, weather, and more.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/J/Jarvis-Island.htm (432 words)

	Howland Island
		Background: Discovered by the US early in the 19th century, the island was officially claimed by the US in 1857.
		Earhart Light is a day beacon near the middle of the west coast that was partially destroyed during World War II, but has since been rebuilt; it is named in memory of the famed aviatrix Amelia Earhart.
		The island is administered by the US Department of the Interior as a National Wildlife Refuge.
	www.paulnoll.com /Locations/visiting-Howland-Island.html (364 words)

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