Fish and Wildlife service see their website for details. You may be able to visit the island as a volunteer with the U.S. Johnston Island (also referred to as Johnston Atoll) is a decommissioned US Naval base 800 miles west of Hawaii. Tropical, but generally dry consistent northeast trade winds with little seasonal temperature variation. Highest point: Summit Peak, at 5 metersįlora and fauna Climate Strategic location in the North Pacific Ocean Johnston Island and Sand Island are natural islands, which have been expanded by coral dredging North Island (Akau) and East Island (Hikina) are manmade islands formed from coral dredging egg-shaped reef is 34 km in circumference some low-growing vegetation. The Fish and Wildlife Service and the US Air Force are discussing future management options, in the interim Johnston Atoll and the 3-mile Naval Defensive Sea around it remain under the jurisdiction and administrative control of the US Air Force.
Purpose: PacIOOS provides timely, reliable, and accurate ocean information to support a safe, clean, productive ocean and resilient coastal zone in the U.S. Description: Abstract: Shoreline of Johnson Atoll. Toxic waste from both operations is buried on the island. Title: Shoreline - Johnson Atoll Originator: NOAA Office of Coast Survey (OCS) Publication Date: January 25, 2016. Cleanup and closure of the facility was completed by May 2005. 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. Johnston Atoll National Wildlife Refuge is located in the central Pacific Ocean, 717 nautical miles west-southwest of Honolulu. The US Navy took over the atoll in 1934, and subsequently the US Air Force assumed control in 1948. Johnston and Sand Islands were designated wildlife refuges in 1926. Johnston Island and Sand Island are natural islands, which have been expanded by coral dredging North Island (Akau) and East Island (Hikina) are manmade islands formed from coral dredging closed to the public. The atoll is closed to the public and travel to the island is not allowed without permission.īoth 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. Location: Oceania, atoll in strategic location in the North Pacific Ocean, about one-third of the way from Hawaii to the Marshall Islands.
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