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	Navassa Island: A Photographic Tour - U.S. Geological Survey
		Navassa is an uninhabited, 5 km² island in the Caribbean Sea between Haiti and Jamaica administered by the U.S. Department of Interior.
		Further exploration during the second trip proved the specimen to be the last living example of this endemic palm, which had been common on the island as late as 1928.
		The refuge was established to preserve and protect the coral reef ecosystems and the marine environment, to restore and enhance native wildlife and plants, and to provide opportunities for wildlife research.
	coastal.er.usgs.gov /navassa (310 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.
		The government of the United States claims the island as an unincorporated territory of the United States, part of the United States Minor Outlying Islands, and it is administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
		The island is ringed by vertical white cliffs nine to 15 meters high and is composed of raised coral and limestone plateau, mostly exposed rock, but with dense stands of fig-like trees and scattered cactus, and enough grassland to support goat herds.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Navassa_Island (1340 words)

	Navassa Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It was claimed by Peter Duncan, an American sea captain, in 1857 under the Guano Islands Act of 1856 because of its guano deposits, the third island to be claimed under this act.
		The cases went as one to the U.S. Supreme Court in October 1890, which ruled the Guano Act constitutional, and three of the miners were scheduled for execution in the spring of 1891.
		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)

	Navassa Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The island's latitude and longitude is 18° 24′ 0″ N 75° 0′ 30″ W (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=18_24_0_N_75_0_30_W_).
		It was claimed by, an American sea captain, in 1857 under the Guano Islands Act of 1856 because of its guano deposits, the third island to be claimed under this act.
		A 1998 scientific expedition led by the 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.
	www.selma.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Navassa_Island (1112 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 (319 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.
		At the island of Navassa 06 October 1889, USS Galena took on board nine ring-leaders of the riot, then proceeded to Baltimore, MD, where they were turned over to the custody of the United States marshal 25 October 1889.
		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.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/ops/navassa-island.htm (740 words)

	Navassa Island (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Navassa Island is a small, uninhabited island in the Caribbean Sea.
		However, Bill Warren has advanced a claim against the island (using the Guano Islands Act), and it is also claimed by Haiti.
		The U.S. Lighthouse Service built Navassa Island Light, a 162 foot (46 m) tower on the island in 1917, 395 feet (120 m) above sea level.
	www.worldslastchance.com /encyclopedia/index.php/Navassa_Island (1508 words)

	Navassa Island
		NAVASSA BECOMES A U.S. On August 29, 1996, the U.S. Coast Guard decommissioned the automatic navigational beacon on Navassa and notified the State Department that it no longer wanted to administer the island.
		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.
		The island and its surrounding waters are now closed to visitors.
	members.aol.com /davidpb4/navassa.html (332 words)

	NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Navassa Island (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Early map of Hispaniola The island of Hispaniola (from Spanish, La EspaÃ±ola) is the second-largest island of the Antilles, lying east of Cuba.
		Saint Lucia is an island nation in the eastern Caribbean Sea on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean.
		The Turks and Caicos Islands are an overseas territory of the United Kingdom consisting of two groups of tropical islands in the Atlantic Ocean, southeast of the Bahamas, at.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Navassa-Island (5823 words)

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		Navassa had one million tons of guano and became the third island to be annexed under this law, which launched America's career as a world power.
		The Navassa light is visible to a distance of twenty-four miles but refraction over the horizon sometimes makes it look closer than it is, causing unwary mariners to run aground on the Formigas Reefs forty miles to the west.
		Copies of the Navassa Islands constitution were sent to the Library of Congress in 1970.
	www.425dxn.org /dc3mf/navassa.html (903 words)

	Read about Navassa Island at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Navassa Island and learn about Navassa Island here! (Site not responding. Last check: )
		guano deposits, the third island to be claimed under this act.
		U.S. Supreme Court in October 1890, which ruled the Guano Act constitutional, and three of the miners were scheduled for execution in the spring of 1891.
		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.
	encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Navassa_Island (911 words)

	Navassa Island (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Center for Marine Conservation - Navassa - Located in the Jamaica Passage approximately 70 miles northeast of Jamaica and 40 miles west of Haiti, the island of Navassa has been under U.S. jurisdiction since 1857.
		Navassa Island - Brief introduction to the island including photographic tour and history.
		Reptiles of Navassa Island - Description of the reptiles found on the island and a bibliography for Navassa Island.
	www.supercrawler.com /Regional/Caribbean/Navassa_Island (107 words)

	Navassa Island (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In September 1996, the United States Coast Guard ceased operations and maintenance of Navassa Island Light, a 46-meter-tall lighthouse located on the southern side of the island.
		The island is ringed by vertical white cliffs 9 to 15 meters high and is composed of raised coral and limestone plateau, mostly exposed rock, but with dense stands of fig-like trees and scattered cactus, and enough grassland to support goat herds.
		After a 1998 scientific expedition's recommendation, the island was declared a National Wildlife Refuge in 1999.
	usapedia.com /n/navassa-island.html (180 words)

	History of Navassa Island
		This uninhabited island was claimed by the United States in 1857 for its guano.
		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.
		A 1998 scientific expedition to the island described it as a unique preserve of Caribbean biodiversity; the following year it became a National Wildlife Refuge and annual scientific expeditions have continued.
	infotut.com /geography/Navassa-Island (71 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.
		According to the Haitians, Navassa Island became a part of Haiti in 1804 and this fact was recognized by the French in 1825.
		The US claims that the Island was up for grabs until 1859, when Peter Duncan made a claim on the island under the Guano Islands Act.
	flagspot.net /flags/um-navsa.html (496 words)

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		In furtherance of United States sovereignty over Navassa Island, the purpose of this Order is to delegate the Secretary's responsibilities for the administration of Navassa Island to the Director of the Office of Insular Affairs and to establish the process for entry onto Navassa.
		All of the authority of the Secretary of the Interior for the civil administration of Navassa Island, including the executive and judicial functions, is hereby delegated through the Assistant Secretary - Policy, Management and Budget to the Director of the Office of Insular Affairs.
		Except for otherwise authorized officers or employees of the United States, all individuals wishing to enter onto Navassa Island or into its surrounding waters, shall first obtain written permission from the Director of the Office of Insular Affairs.
	elips.doi.gov /ELIPS/sec_orders/html_orders/3205.htm (301 words)

	DOI Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) - NAVASSA ISLAND
		Navassa became a U.S. insular area in October 1857, when a representative of the Baltimore Fertilizer Company took possession of the island in the name of the United States pursuant to the Guano Act of August 18, 1856 (Title 48, U.S. Code, sections 1411-19).
		Navassa Island is three square miles in area.
		Navassa lies about one hundred miles south of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, about thirty miles west of Cape Tiburon, Haiti, at the southwest entrance to the Windward Passage, east of Kingston, Jamaica.
	www.doi.gov /oia/Islandpages/navassapage.htm (458 words)

	NYBG.org: Flora of Navassa Island (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Navassa Island Project is a multi-institutional program organized by the Center for Marine Conservation.
		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)

	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.
		He claimed that the island was first Spanish and then French, and that with the French recognition of Haitian independence the island became Haitian.
		This island is the first land fall one comes to upon leaving the canal headed north.
	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.
		Navassa Light, on a barren island in the West Indies, is the first signal for the
		Tryon, G. on the terrestrial Mollusca of the guano island of Navassa.
	www.cyclura.com /modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=151 (1155 words)

	IllumiRate Directory \| Regional & Local \| Caribbean \| Navassa Island \|
		An uninhabited, 5 square km island in the Caribbean Sea between Haiti and Jamaica administered by the U.S. Department of Interior.
		Island located in the Caribbean Sea, about one-fourth of the way from Haiti to Jamaica.
		On a tiny island which has been part of the United States since 1857, a group of scientists have found a treasure trove of biological diversity.
	www.illumirate.com /cat_items.cfm?cat_id=409487 (174 words)

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		IMAGE 2: Aerial oblique photograph of Navassa Island acquired from an altitude of ~ 2000 ft. from a USCG Helicopter.
		IMAGE 3: Aerial oblique photograph of Navassa Island acquired from an altitude of ~ 1500 ft. from a USCG Helicopter.
		IMAGE 4: Aerial oblique photograph of Navassa Island acquired from an altitude of ~ 1500 ft. from a USCG Helicopter.
	denali.gsfc.nasa.gov /navassa/site_visits (392 words)

	Marine Fisheries Review: Observations on fisheries activities at Navassa Island
		Results of such overexploitation in Caribbean islands are seen in the documented drastic declines in catch-per-unit-effort, size structure, and/or species shifts in the fisheries of Jamaica, Grenada, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and others (Koslow et al., 1988; Jeffery, 2000; Rogers and Beets, 2001).
		Navassa Island is small and, although claimed by the United States as part of the Caribbean Islands National Wildlife Refuge, sovereignty is disputed by Haiti.
		Navassa Island is about 5 [km.sup.2] in area and is comprised of a raised plateau surrounded by cliffs which reach down to a submarine terrace at 23-30 m depth (Fig.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3089/is_3_65/ai_n12417662 (411 words)

	Navassa Island, Regional and Caribbean Guide @ FiestaTexas.com (Fiesta Texas) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Haiti: Navassa Island - A number of files dealing with Haiti's claim to 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.
		Navassa Island: A Photographic Tour - Several thematic photographic tours compiled from photographs taken by geologists surveying the island.
	www.fiestatexas.com /Regional/Caribbean/Navassa_Island (327 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)

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