People Jarvis Island

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 from US Fish and Wildlife Service only and generally

restricted to scientists and educators; visited annually by US Fish

and Wildlife Service (July 2003 est.)

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