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	Navassa Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Navassa, which had always been a hazard to navigation, needed a lighthouse.
		A 1998 scientific expedition led by the Center for Marine Conservation in Washington D.C. described Navassa as "a unique preserve of Caribbean biodiversity." The island's land and offshore ecosystems have survived the twentieth century virtually untouched.
		Access to Navassa is hazardous and visitors need permission from the Fish and Wildlife Office in Puerto Rico in order to enter its territorial waters or land.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Navassa_Island (929 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Navassa Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Navassa Island or La Navase in Haitian Kreyòl is a small, uninhabited island in the Caribbean Sea.
		Access to Navassa is hazardous and visitors need permission from the Fish and Wildlife Office in Boqueron, Puerto Rico in order to enter its territorial waters or land.
		The lighthouse, built in 1917, was shut down in 1996 and administration of Navassa Island transferred from the Coast Guard to the Department of the Interior.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Navassa_Island (1303 words)

	Navassa Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Navassa Island (La Navase in French, Lanavaz in Haitian Kreyòl) is a small, uninhabited island in the Caribbean Sea.
		Navassa Island is south of Cuba, east of Jamaica, and west of Haiti
		The Spanish-American War of 1898 forced the Phosphate Company to evacuate the island and file for bankruptcy, and the new owners abandoned the place to the booby birds after 1901.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Navassa_Island (1444 words)

	Navassa Island - Simple English Wikipedia
		Navassa Island, or La Navase in Haitian Creole, is a small island without anyone living on it in the Caribbean Sea.
		The United States government claims the two-square-mile island as a territory of the United States, and it is under control of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
		In 1996, Navassa's light was put out of use, and the island was transferred to the U.S. Department of the Interior.
	simple.wikipedia.org /wiki/Navassa_Island (366 words)

	FAIR: History & Geography
		Desecheo and Navassa are United States islands located in the Caribbean Sea, a body of water covering about 1,063,000 square miles or 2,754,000 kilometers.
		Navassa was the site of a major Guano mining operation for many years, the remains of which are still obvious, including evidence of quarrying, railroad tracks, and an old transfer station.
		The light was shut down in 1996 and the administration of Navassa Island transferred from the Coast Guard to the Department of the Interior.
	www.kp1-5.com /history.html (858 words)

	Navassa Island Incident 1889-1891
		Navassa Island in Haiti was an uninhabited island was claimed by the US in 1857 for its guano, and mining took place between 1865 and 1898.
		Navassa island is a 3.5 km^2 limestone atoll located in the Caribbean region at 18 24'N, 75 01'W, about 70 miles east of Jamaica.
		Navassa is one of only two jurisdictions under United States sovereignty not within the ordinary ambit of a U.S. District Court.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/ops/navassa-island.htm (740 words)

	Windows on Haiti: Navassa Island
		A look back at some of the constitutions of Haiti would greatly contribute to put the issue of Navassa Island in perspective and hopefully clear up the confusion that the US Government seems to be creating about the legitimacy of Haitian claims over the Island.
		Under the notion of adjacency, and given its geographical location, Navassa Island is certainly part of the territory of Haiti.
		When the American Peter Duncan set foot in Navassa and erected the American flag on it, the British Consul Byron immediately notified his counterpart the French Consul Millet, so that they could present a common front to prevent the Americans from obtaining a foothold in the area.
	windowsonhaiti.com /navassa.shtml (1598 words)

	Navassa Island: History
		Navassa's history resumed in 1857 when Peter Duncan, an American sea captain, landed and claimed the island for the United States under the Guano Act.
		Navassa had one million tons of guano and became the third island to be acquired under this law.
		A 1998 scientific expedition led by the Center for Marine Conservation in Washington DC described Navassa as a unique preserve of Caribbean biodiversity.
	members.aol.com /davidpb4/navhistory.html (863 words)

	Navassa Island (U.S. Minor Outlying Islands)
		In the final design for Navassa, the island is just one shade of emerald green with a white sky and a royal blue sea and the size of the lighthouse has been exaggerated and is a light gray with a green roof.
		Navassa got its unofficial flag and was first hoisted on 7 December 2001.
		According to the Haitians, Navassa Island became a part of Haiti in 1804 and this fact was recognized by the French in 1825.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/um-navsa.html (496 words)

	NYBG.org: Flora of Navassa Island
		At the request of the Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs, Navassa and its surrounding waters are being explored to provide basic information about its geology, flora and fauna.
		The first botanical observations from Navassa Island were made by the Swedish botanical explorer Olaf Swartz during his voyage to the West Indies in 1784-1786.
		The Navassa Island Expedition was organized by the Center for Marine Conservation in collaboration with a large number of cooperators and donors.
	sciweb.nybg.org /science2/hcol/navassa/index.asp (567 words)

	Navassa Island - Mining History
		Navassa was the primary guano island in the West Indies.
		Navassa Phosphate's attorney, Thomas M. Lanahan, denied that any fls or other workers at Navassa were mistreated.
		In 1900 the Navassa Phosphate Company sold the island and its assets to some men in Baltimore but that sale was set aside by a judge in N.Y. when a shareholder, General Horatio King, complained to the court that the island was worth over $500,000 and not the $25,000 the company sold it for.
	business.fortunecity.com /ziff/739/navassa/mining.html (1979 words)

	Navassa Island Field Trip
		We found enough vertebrate fossils (land turtle, small lizard, iguana, crocodile, land snails) in Navassa phosphorite to conclude that the phosphate is a terrestrial deposit and not marine.
		This suggests the island has been an island for 4-5 million years and was not flooded during the Pliocene, the age of the phosphate.
		Navassa is under consideration as a fish and wildlife refuge by the Fish & Wildlife Service pending a contamination survey.
	soundwaves.er.usgs.gov /1999/06/fieldwork.html (298 words)

	A dialogue on Navassa Island
		Navassa is a barren isle shaped like an oyster shell, about a square mile in area, formed of volcanic limestone and so filled with holes as to have the appearance of a petrified sponge.
		According to Thomson, Navassa now functions as a radar base for the US Navy (though he can't apparently confirm this).
		whether the business of Navassa was not typical of US policy towards Haiti since 1804, which seems to have been controlled by a determination to deny her any rightful degree of sovereignty or independence.
	www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/43a/091.html (566 words)

	Reptiles of Navassa Island :: Cyclura.com :: Reptile Information
		Navassa Island: the solid line represents the old railbed, the dot marks the location of the lighthouse.
		A reassessment of the herpetofauna of Navassa Island.
		Navassa Light, on a barren island in the West Indies, is the first signal for the
	www.cyclura.com /modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=151 (1155 words)

	Mirago : Regional: Caribbean: Navassa Island
		Navassa Island in the World Factbook - A profile prepared by the United States Central Intelligence Agency.
		Navassa Island: A Photographic Tour - Several thematic photographic tours compiled from photographs taken by geologists surveying the island.
		Navassa Island - Includes information about the island's early history and guano mining, as well as the website owner's attempts to gain ownership of the island.
	www.mirago.com /scripts/dir.aspx?cat=Top/Regional/Caribbean/Navassa_Island (212 words)

	Navassa Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		An inter-agency task force transferred Navassa to the U.S. Department of the Interior.
		A scientific expedition organized by the Ocean Conservancy in Washington DC visited Navassa from July 23 to August 5, 1998, with the support of the Interior Department.
		On December 3, 1999, the Secretary of the Interior signed Secretary's Order No. 3210, delegating Navassa to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as a National Wildlife Refuge.
	members.aol.com /davidpb4/navassa.html (229 words)

	Biological Nirvana on Navassa -- 281 (5380): 1137 -- Science
		Navassa, an uninhabited forested island covering only 5.2 square kilometers and entirely lacking in fresh water, was used in the last century as a source of guano for fertilizer.
		Nonetheless, the island and its spectacular coral reefs remain in near-pristine condition.
		The recent inventory--the first since a Harvard-led foray in the 1930s--is part of the Caribbean Biodiversity program of the Center for Marine Conservation in Washington, D.C. Among species added to the list of Navassa inhabitants are hundreds of lichens, butterflies, and beetles, says Smith, whose team was deposited on the island by helicopter.
	www.sciencemag.org /cgi/content/short/281/5380/1137d (281 words)

	Navassa Island
		Navassa Island is located in the Caribbean Sea, 99.4 mi (160 km) south of the U.S. naval base at Guantánamo, Cuba, between Cuba, Haiti, and Jamaica.
		The Navassa Phosphate Company mined the island until 1900, enlisting hundreds of freed American slaves to dig out several tons of guano.
		Atlas: Navassa Island - Facts on Navassa Island: flags, maps, geography, history, statistics, disasters current events, and international relations.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0113960.html (193 words)

	Navassa Island - Early History
		Early history info: Navassa Island (formerally called Navaza) was first discovered by Christopher Columbus's right hand man Mendoza who, in 1502, was sent by Columbus to get help in Hispanola (Dominican Republic).
		Some of the men died of drinking their own urine and were buried on Navassa.
		There is little doubt that the pirates buried much stolen treasure on Navassa in it's many caves and crevires.
	members.fortunecity.com /world_explorers/navassa/history.html (280 words)

	Navassa Island Lighthouse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Navassa Island is an uninhabited Caribbean island located in the Jamaica Channel about forty miles west of Anse d'Hainault, the southwestern tip of Haiti.
		The island was occupied by the U.S. in 1857 for its guano deposits, which were actively mined until 1898.
		Since 1999 the island has been administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as the Navassa Island National Wildlife Refuge.
	www.unc.edu /~rowlett/lighthouse/nvi.htm (211 words)

	KP1/5 Project: Desecheo and Navassa Islands; Navassa photos
		Haitian fishing boats in the bay at Navassa Island.
		Navassa from the air: aerial view of Navassa, looking from west to east.
		A very nice photographic tour of Navassa Island is presented by the U.S. Geological Survey at http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/navassa/.
	www.kp1-5.com /n-photos.html (197 words)

	Navassa Refuge Facts
		The refuge includes a 12 mile radius of marine habitat around the island.
		Location: Navassa Island is located 35 miles west of the Tiburon Peninsula of Haiti.
		To preserve and protect coral reef ecosystems and the marine environment.
	www.fws.gov /caribbean/Navassa/Facts.htm (69 words)

	U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service \| Southeast Region \| Navassa NWR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Center for Marine Conservation (CMC) has funded three expeditions to the island to date.
		Investigations and inventories by personnel from the: Smithsonian, American Museum of Natural History, NOAA, USGS, USFWS, John G. Shedd Aquarium, and Avila College have discovered several new species of marine fish in the waters around Navassa as well as several new species of spider from the island.
		Over 240 species of fish have been documented in the waters around the island which are rich in sponges, algae and coral.
	www.fws.gov /southeast/navassa (221 words)

	Navassa Island Caribbean Regional
		- Unofficial flag of Navassa designed by Skip Wheeler.
		- The Navassa Island project provides a database of the flora on the island.
		- Description of the reptiles found on the island and a bibliography for Navassa Island.
	www.iaswww.com /ODP/Regional/Caribbean/Navassa_Island (146 words)

	Navassa Volunteer Fire Department @ Firehouse.com Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Navassa Volunteer Fire Department / Station Number 19 proudly protects 2800 people living in an area of 15 square miles.
		Our department is a public department whose members are on a volunteer status.
		The Navassa Volunteer Fire Department has been around for well over a decade serving the citizens of Brunswick County.
	departments.firehouse.com /dept/NavassaNC (174 words)

	Navassa Island: Caribbean at Canadian Content
		Additional Information: Navassa Island is an uninhabited island and serves as a National Wildlife Refuge administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service, United States Department of the Interior.
		The Navassa Island project provides a database of the flora on the island.
		Description of the reptiles found on the island and a bibliography for Navassa Island.
	www.canadiancontent.net /dir/Top/Regional/Caribbean/Navassa_Island (443 words)

	Navassa Island (US)
		This concept is used to encode the spatial relationships between the objects, including adjacency and connectivity between objects and topologically structured data files to support graphic applications.
		The geographic features are represented in a six layer digital data set which include a drainage network layer, road network layer, land use layer, political and administative boundaries layer, cities layer and a towns layer.
		The Navassa Island (US) data set was created by the Regional Programme on Information Systems Management of Marine and Coastal Resources (CEPNET) to develop an Information Management System (IMS) using a Geographic Information System (GIS) software package.
	www.cep.unep.org /data/caribbean/dcw/bq/bq.html (321 words)

	Reef Fish of Navassa Island 2004
		This record refers to reef fish data collected on the 2004 cruise to Navassa Island National Wildlife Refuge.
		Margaret W. Miller, NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Servi, 200511, Reef Fish of Navassa Island 2004.
		To document and assess reef fish assemblages at Navassa Island.
	www.coris.noaa.gov /metadata/records/faq/navassa_island_reef_fish_2004.html (570 words)

	Omniseek: /Open Directory /Regional /US /US Territories /Navassa Island
		Navassa Island Project -- Flora of Navassa Island
		Location Map (showing Navassa Island) Central America and the Caribbean (Political) 1997 (434K) Navassa Island Maps Navassa Island (Nautical Chart) original scale 1:15,000 Defense Mapping...
		Navassa Island economy information with currency, inflation, imports, exports and gross domestic product.
	www.omniseek.com /srch/{44737} (382 words)

	Navassa
		Navassa, North Carolina, United States [Populated Place] is in Brunswick County; location is 34°15'19"N 78°0'28"W [SourceGSP]
		Navassa, North Carolina, United States [Town]; population was 445 in 1990; housing units was 144 in 1990; location is 34°15'N 78°0'W; land area is 2.41 square miles (1,543 acres); water area is 0.06 square miles (39 acres); FIPS code is 46060 [SourceCBP]
		Wilmington, North Carolina, United States Postal Service Zip Code is 28404 (Navassa) [SourcePSZ]
	www.placesnamed.com /n/a/navassa.asp (81 words)

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