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    Johnston Atoll is an unincorporated territory of the United States, under the jurisdiction of the United States Air Force (USAF). The island is closed...
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    (Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll, and Wake Island) and one in the Caribbean Sea...
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    Transpacific for storage on Johnston Atoll. The EPA reports that 6,800,000 L (1,800,000 U.S. gal) of Herbicide Orange was stored at Johnston Island in the Pacific...
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    The rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in the United States are among the most advanced in the world, with public...
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    Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System (JACADS) was the U.S. Army's first chemical munitions disposal facility. It was located on Johnston Island...
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    intensified into Tropical Storm Kilo at 18:00 UTC that day while approaching Johnston Atoll. Amid high sea surface temperatures and low vertical wind shear, Kilo...
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    Johnston Atoll Airport is located on the Johnston Atoll in the United States Minor Outlying Islands, in the Pacific Ocean 717 nautical miles (1328 kilometers)...
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    Starfish Prime (category Johnston Atoll American nuclear explosive tests)
    Commission (AEC) and the Defense Atomic Support Agency. It was launched from Johnston Atoll on July 9, 1962, and was the largest nuclear test conducted in outer...
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    uninhabited islands, atolls, and reefs. Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll, and Wake Island...
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    effects to the Hawaiian Islands and the United States military base on Johnston Atoll. Its remnants later affected Alaska. The origins of Hurricane John were...
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  • Johnston, Iowa A.S. Johnston High School, Austin, Texas Johnston Atoll, in the central Pacific Ocean Johnston Parish, New Brunswick, Canada Johnston McCulley...
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    Johnston Island Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base on the Johnston Atoll in the United States Minor Outlying Islands, in the Pacific...
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    Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Palmyra Atoll, and Wake Island. At Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Kingman Reef, and Palmyra Atoll, the...
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    segmented RNA, generally with six segments. The genus contains two species: Johnston Atoll virus and Quaranfil virus; it has been proposed to contain species or...
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  • 1988. In June 1990, Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System began destruction of chemical agents stored on Johnston Atoll in the Pacific, seven...
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    outlying islands include Jarvis Island, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll, and Kingman Reef (UTC−11:00); Johnston Atoll (UTC−10:00); and Navassa Island, Bajo Nuevo...
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    Jarvis Island Geography of Johnston Atoll Geography of Kingman Reef Geography of Midway Atoll Geography of Palmyra Atoll Geography of Wake Island Environment...
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    Palmyra Atoll (/pælˈmaɪrə/), also referred to as Palmyra Island, is one of the Northern Line Islands (southeast of Kingman Reef and north of Kiribati)...
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  • Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef and Navassa Island. The least-densely populated entity with a human population is Palmyra Atoll, which has 4...
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    Hurricane Ioke (category Johnston Atoll)
    August 22, it rapidly weakened to Category 2 status before crossing over Johnston Atoll. Two days later, favorable conditions again allowed for rapid strengthening...
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  • flights do not stop at Johnston Atoll. This stop was discontinued when plans were made to ship and store chemical munitions on the atoll. The aircraft used...
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    nesting areas and can blind victims with their spray. Also on Johnston Atoll, the Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System (JACADS) was burning stockpiled...
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  • (UPP) – ʻUpolu Airport – Hawi, Hawaii PJON (JON) – Johnston Atoll Airport (defunct) – Johnston Atoll Also see airport category and list. PKMA (ENT) – Enewetak...
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  • isolated in 1964 from ticks found in a Noddy Tern nest on Sand Island, Johnston Atoll. The discovery of the virus was notable as the only other species in...
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    all territories are located in the Pacific Ocean. One territory, Palmyra Atoll, is considered to be incorporated, meaning the full body of the Constitution...
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    ballistic missile with a live nuclear warhead (yield of 600 kilotons), at Johnston Atoll in the Pacific. In general, missile systems were tested without live...
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    Mountain Arsenal and in Okinawa, Japan. The rockets in Japan were moved to Johnston Atoll during Operation Red Hat where they were destroyed during the 1990s...
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    States)  Johnston Atoll (United States)  Kingman Reef (United States)  Midway Atoll (United States)  Norfolk Island (Australia)  Palmyra Atoll (United...
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    not hit any major landmasses, it passed very close to the unpopulated Johnston Atoll as a strong Category 4 hurricane, where a hurricane warning was issued...
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    The Marshall Islands The Gilbert Islands (Kiribati) Central Polynesia Johnston Atoll The Phoenix Islands The Line Islands Howland Island, Baker Island, Jarvis...
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