Palmyra Atoll

n. uninhabited atoll in Northern Pacific Ocean southeast of Kingman Reef and north of Kiribati Line Islands located nearly south of the Hawaiian Islands (half way between Hawaii and American Samoa) which forms a part of the United States Minor Outlying Islands

Palmyra Atoll, is an incorporated atoll administered by the United States government. The atoll is 4.6 square miles (12 km²), and it is located in the Northern  Pacific Ocean at . Geographically, Palmyra is one of the Northern Line Islands (southeast of Kingman Reef and north of Kiribati Line Islands), located almost due south of the Hawaiian Islands, roughly halfway between Hawaii and American Samoa. Its 9 miles (14.5 km) of coastline has one anchorage known as West Lagoon. It consists of an extensive reef, two shallow lagoons, and some 50 sand and reef-rock islets and bars covered with vegetation—mostly  coconut trees, Scaevola, and tall Pisonia trees.
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Background The Kingdom of Hawaii claimed the atoll in 1862, and the US included it among the Hawaiian Islands when it annexed the archipelago in 1898. The Hawaii Statehood Act of 1959 did not include Palmyra Atoll, which is now privately owned by the Nature Conservancy. This organization is managing the atoll as a nature preserve. The lagoons and surrounding waters within the 12 nautical mile US territorial seas were transferred to the US Fish and Wildlife Service and were designated a National Wildlife Refuge in January 2001. Map of Palmyra Atoll More about Palmyra Atoll: Geography People Government Economy Transportation Military Transnational Issues