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Johnston Atoll

Johnston Atoll is a 2.8 km² atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, about one-third of the way from Hawai'i to the Marshall Islands. Johnston is an unincorporated territory of the United States, administered from Washington, DC by the United States Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and managed cooperatively by DTRA and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service of the United States Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system. The defense of Johnston Atoll is managed by the military of the United States.

Johnston Atoll was shelled by the Japanese in World War II.

The atoll has no indigenous inhabitants, although there are an average of 1,100 US military and civilian contractor personnel present at any given time. The central means of transport to the island is the airport, which has a paved runway.

The atoll's economic activity is limited to providing services to US military personnel and contractors located on the island. All food and manufactured goods must be imported. The base has six 25,000 kWh generators supplied by the base operating support contractor.

Currently, (2003) the US government is planning to eventually abandon the atoll. However, since there is much radioactive waste buried there, a massive cleanup effort is needed.

Following is from the CIA World Factbook 2000; Not wikified.

• Geography of Johnston Atoll
• Communications on Johnston Atoll

• See also: Guano Islands Act

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