Jarvis Island information

Jarvis Island (formerly also known as Bunker Island) is an uninhabited 4.5 square kilometer coral island located in the South Pacific Ocean at about halfway between Hawaii and the Cook Islands. Jarvis is one of the southern Line Islands, in the central area of the group. It is an unincorporated territory of the United States administered from Washington, D.C. by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service of the United States Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system.
There are no ports or harbors but a few offshore anchorage spots have been noted. There is one boat landing area in the middle of the west coast and another near the southwest corner of the island. A day beacon is near the middle of the west coast.
The climate is tropical with scant rainfall, constant wind and strong sun. The highest ground is seven meters, or 23 feet, and is mostly sandy. The coral island is surrounded by a narrow fringing reef. Its sparse bunch grass, prostrate vines and low-growing shrubs are primarily a nesting, roosting and foraging habitat for seabirds, shorebirds and marine wildlife.
Because of its only occasional rainfall, the island has no natural fresh water lens. The lack of precipitation and resulting water reserves has created Jarvis's bleak landscape, devoid of any plant larger than a shrub and never capable of sustaining long term human habitation.
For statistical purposes, Jarvis Island is grouped as one of the United States Minor Outlying Islands. (...) more....

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