↑ "Office of Insular Affairs: Johnston Island - History".United States Government Printing Office. ↑ "Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents: Monday, JanuVolume 45-Number 1, " (PDF).Archived from the original on 2 December 2008. United States Department of the Interior. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Office of Insular Affairs: Jarvis Island - History".↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Office of Insular Affairs: Baker and Howland Islands - History".↑ US Census 2000 Population Summary - see Table I.Their areas are not included in the totals.
#UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS ISO#
Palmyra was officially part of Hawaii until 1959.ĭ These islands are controlled by Colombia, and are not included in the ISO list of territories. Kingman Reef and Navassa Island have offshore anchorage only. Three of the islands have ports listed in the World Port Index, with World Port Number:īaker Island, Howland Island and Jarvis Island have a small boat landing place on each.
PBAR: Baker Island Airport, Baker Island.PLPA: Palmyra (Cooper) Airport, Palmyra Atoll, Cooper Island.PWAK (AWK): Wake Island Airfield, Wake Island.PMDY (MDY): Henderson Field (Midway Atoll), (Naval Air Facility), Sand Island.PJON (JON): Johnston Atoll Airport, Johnston Atoll.The following is a list of island airports with ICAO ( IATA) codes: The Pacific islands are surrounded by large Exclusive Economic Zones.
#UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS CODE#
The code of Midway Atoll was MI, the code of Johnston Atoll was JT, and the code of Wake Island was WK. From 1974 until 1986, five of the islands (Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Palmyra Atoll and Kingman Reef) were grouped under the term "United States Miscellaneous Pacific Islands", with ISO 3166 code PU.
The ISO introduced the term "United States Minor Outlying Islands" in 1986. The islands are all together represented by the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code UM.
In 1936, a colonization scheme began to settle Americans on Baker, Howland and Jarvis, but all three islands were evacuated in 1942 because of World War II. There has been no modern indigenous population, except at the 1940 census. The 2000 census counted 315 people on Johnston Atoll and 1 person on Wake Island. The only human population consists of temporarily stationed scientific and military personnel. They are not administered together.Īs of 2008, none of the islands have any people living there permanently. The islands are grouped together for statistical reasons. They are Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean and Navassa Island in the Caribbean Sea. The United States Minor Outlying Islands are nine island territories of the United States.
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