_#_Note: Millersville settlement on western side of island occasionally used as a weather station from 1935 until World War II, when it was abandoned; reoccupied in 1957 during the International Geophysical Year by scientists who left in 1958; public entry is by special-use permit only and generally restricted to scientists and educators
_*Government #_Long-form name: none (territory of the US)
_#_Type: unincorporated territory of the US administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge System
_*Economy #_Overview: no economic activity
_*Communications #_Ports: none; offshore anchorage only—one boat landing area in the middle of the west coast and another near the southwest corner of the island
_#_Note: there is a day beacon near the middle of the west coast
_*Defense Forces #Note: defense is the responsibility of the US; visited annually by the US Coast Guard % @Jersey (British crown dependency) *Geography #_Total area: 117 km2; land area: 117 km2
_#_Comparative area: about 0.7 times the size of Washington, DC
_#_Land boundaries: none
_#_Coastline: 70 km