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Palmyra Atoll /pælˈmaɪrə/ is a highly remote, unpopulated atoll located near the [[equator] in the Northern Pacific Ocean
located just north of the equator in the North Line Islands. Palmyra is the northern-most islands or [[atoll]s of the entire Line Islands.
the northern-most atolls or islands North Line Islands
located in the [[
equatorial Northern Pacific atoll that is an unorganized incorporated territory of the United States of America.
As part of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, Palmyra is administered and managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Palmyra is one of the ten
The atoll is managed and overseen by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
as a '=
Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the and The Nature Conservancy, which owns Cooper Island within the refuge.
The variable temporary population of 4–20 'non-occupants' are essentially staff and scientists employed by various departments of the U.S. federal government and The Nature Conservancy,[1] as well as a rotating mix of Palmyra Atoll Research Consortium[2] scholars pursuing research.
Palmyra is one of the Northern Line Islands (southeast of Kingman Reef and north of Kiribati Line Islands), located almost due south of the Hawaiian Islands, roughly halfway between Hawaii and American Samoa. Palmyra is the northern-most islands or [[atoll]s of the entire Line Islands.
- ^ Sterling, Eleanor (July 28, 2010). "In the Middle of Nowhere, Snooping on Sea Turtles". Scientiest at Work. New York Times. Retrieved 2010-09-28.
- ^ Unattributed. "PARC Member Institutions". www.palmyraresearch.org. Retrieved 2010-09-28.