Population:
uninhabited
Population:
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
:Jarvis Island 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
Capital:
none; administered from Washington, DC
:Jarvis Island Economy
Overview: no economic activity
:Jarvis Island 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
:Jarvis Island Defense Forces
Note:
defense is the responsibility of the US; visited annually by the US Coast
Guard
:Jersey Geography