Palmyra Atoll

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http://forests.org/archive/spacific/ngbuypac.htm
Nature Group to Buy Pacific Atoll Open in a new browser window
   Article about "Nature Conservancies" plans to buy the atoll.
   http://forests.org/archive/spacific/ngbuypac.htm
http://nature.org/wherewework/asiapacific/palmyra/
Palmyra Atoll Open in a new browser window
   The Nature Conservancy's introduction to their purchase to preserve fauna and flora of the atoll. With timeline, illustrations.
   http://nature.org/wherewework/asiapacific/palmyra/
http://www.oneworldjourneys.com/palmyra/index.html
Palmyra Atoll: Rainforest of the Sea Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.oneworldjourneys.com/palmyra/index.html
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/arts/webmapper/palmyra.html
Palmyra Island Monthly Coral Oxygen Isotope Data Open in a new browser window
   112-year, monthly-resolved coral record, gathered by Kim Cobb and Chris Charles.
   http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/arts/webmapper/palmyra.html
http://www.npr.org/programs/re/archivesdate/2000/jul/000724.palmyra.html
Palmyra: Pacific Paradise Open in a new browser window
   NPR radio feature on the atoll (July 2000, by Alex Chadwick).
   http://www.npr.org/programs/re/archivesdate/2000/jul/000724.palmyra.html
http://www.labyrinth13.com/Palmyra.htm
The Curse of Palmyra Island Open in a new browser window
   Article about the aura of the islands in the light of past events and visitors' travelogues. Includes excerpts about the ownership of the island.
   http://www.labyrinth13.com/Palmyra.htm
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=331&invol=256
United States v. Fullard-Leo, 331 U.S. 256 (1947) Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=331&invol=256
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/lq.html
World Factbook: Palmyra Atoll Open in a new browser window
   A privately owned, uninhabited collection of 50 islets, Palmyra Atoll is situated some 990 miles southwest of Hawaii. Administered by the United States since 1898, the atoll is covered in dense vegetation, including coconut palms, which have prospered in
   http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/lq.html

Last Updated: 2004-11-26 14:39:09