Johnston Island
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Johnston Island is the main island of the remote Johnston Atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, historically used as a U.S. military base and site for weapons testing and storage.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Christmas Island | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | island ⓘ |
| accessStatus | restricted access ⓘ |
| administeredAs |
unincorporated territory of the United States
ⓘ
unorganized territory of the United States ⓘ |
| administeredBy | United States Department of the Interior NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| area |
about 0.4 square miles
ⓘ
about 1.03 square kilometers ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| discoveredBy | Captain Charles J. Johnston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredFor | HMS Cornwallis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 1807 ⓘ |
| distanceFromHawaii | about 750 nautical miles southwest of Honolulu ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 5 meters above sea level ⓘ |
| environmentalStatus |
contaminated by past military activities
ⓘ
subject to environmental cleanup ⓘ |
| formerPopulation |
civilian contractors
ⓘ
military personnel ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
airfield
ⓘ
chemical agent disposal facility ⓘ harbor ⓘ missile launch facilities ⓘ runway ⓘ |
| legalStatus | U.S. federal property ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
North Pacific Ocean
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
central Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Captain Charles J. Johnston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyFeature | southwest of Hawaii ⓘ |
| partOf |
Johnston Atoll
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Johnston Atoll National Wildlife Refuge NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Minor Outlying Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| permanentPopulation | no permanent residents ⓘ |
| populationStatus | uninhabited ⓘ |
| publicAccess | generally closed to the public ⓘ |
| runwayLength |
approximately 2,100 meters
ⓘ
approximately 7,000 feet ⓘ |
| sovereignState | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone | UTC−10:00 ⓘ |
| usedAs |
U.S. military base
ⓘ
airbase ⓘ chemical weapons destruction facility ⓘ chemical weapons storage site ⓘ missile test site ⓘ naval support facility ⓘ nuclear weapons test site ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Defense Threat Reduction Agency
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Air Force ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Christmas Island