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Jarvis Island

	Jarvis Island

English	Jarvis Island - Jarvis Island Jarvis Island is an uninhabited 4.5 km² island located at 0°22′S 160°03′W in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to the Cook Islands. It is one of the Line Islands, in the central part of the group. It is an unincorporated territory of theUnited States, administered from Washington, D.C. by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of the U.S. Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system.Jarvis Island, as well as► Baker Island,► Howland Island,► Johnston Atoll,► Kingman Reef,► Midway Atoll,► Wake Island and► Palmyra Atoll, lies in the Pacific Ocean, south of Hawaii.

Short name	Jarvis Island
Official name	Jarvis Island
Status	Unincorporated territory of theUnited States (American since 1935)
Location	South Pacific Ocean
Capital	—
Population	No inhabitants
Area	4.5 km²
Major language(s)	—
Major religion(s)	—
More information	Jarvis Island,Geography of Jarvis Island,History of Jarvis Island andPolitics of Jarvis Island
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Jarvis Island was discovered byBritain in 1821, annexed by theUnited States in 1858, annexed by Britain in 1889, and reclaimed by the United States in 1935.

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