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Land use: arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 0% forest and woodland: 0% other: 100%

Irrigated land: 0 sq km

Environment: current issues: no natural fresh water resources natural hazards: the narrow fringing reef surrounding the island can be a maritime hazard international agreements: NA

Geographic note: sparse bunch grass, prostrate vines, and low-growing shrubs; primarily a nesting, roosting, and foraging habitat for seabirds, shorebirds, and marine wildlife; feral cats

People ------

Population: uninhabited; 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

Government ----------

Name of country: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Jarvis Island

Data code: DQ

Type of government: 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

Flag: the flag of the US is used

Economy -------

Economic overview: no economic activity

Transportation --------------

Ports: none; offshore anchorage only; note - there is one boat landing area in the middle of the west coast and another near the southwest corner of the island

Transportation note: there is a day beacon near the middle of the west coast

Defense -------

Defense note: defense is the responsibility of the US; visited annually by the US Coast Guard

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@Jersey ------

(British crown dependency)

Map ---

Location: 49 15 N, 2 10 W -- Western Europe, island in the English Channel, northwest of France

Flag ----

Description: white with the diagonal red cross of Saint Patrick (patron saint of Ireland) extending to the corners of the flag

Geography ---------

Location: Western Europe, island in the English Channel, northwest of France