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Located 5° 52' N, 162° 06' W near Kingman Reef.

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• CIA - The World Factbook: United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges

  https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/um.html
  Features map and brief descriptions of the geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues.

• Encyclopedia of the Nations - Palmyra Atoll

  http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Asia-and-Oceania/United-States-Pacific-Dependencies-PALMYRA-ATOLL.html
  Provides information about the country's geography, people, government, economy and tourism. From Thomson Gale.

• IMDb - And the Sea Will Tell (1991)

  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101345/
  Details of the TV movie about the real-life murder of Mac and Muff Graham on Palmyra Atoll.

• Palmyra Atoll: Rainforest of the Sea

  http://www.oneworldjourneys.com/palmyra/index2.html
  A webcast photographic expedition to Palmyra Atoll, 1000 miles south of Hawaii. Features history and photography and video of coral reefs and Palmyra's wildlife.

• Palmyra Island Monthly Coral Oxygen Isotope Data

  http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/coral/palmyra.html
  112-year, monthly-resolved coral record, gathered by Kim Cobb and Chris Charles.

• Palmyra: Pacific Paradise

  http://www.npr.org/programs/re/archivesdate/2000/jul/000724.palmyra.html
  NPR radio feature on the atoll (July 2000, by Alex Chadwick).

• The Curse of Palmyra Island

  http://www.strangemag.com/palmyra.html
  Article about the aura of the islands in the light of past events and visitors' travelogues. Includes excerpts about the ownership of the island.

• The Nature Conservancy - Palmyra Atoll

  http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/hawaii/palmyraatoll/
  News and information about the conservation group's purchase of the atoll to study and preserve its fauna and flora. Includes timeline and illustrations.

• United States v. Fullard-Leo, 331 U.S. 256 (1947)

  http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-supreme-court/331/256.html
  Supreme Court's 1947 decision rejecting the government's 1939 claim to the atoll after review of the occupany of the uninhabited island in the last hundred years.

• Wikipedia - Palmyra Atoll

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmyra_Atoll
  Hyperlinked encyclopedia article covers the uninhabited US territory's history, government and politics, geography, economy, demographics, language and culture.

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