Broadcast media (Radio broadcast stations) [time series]

AM NA, FM 5 channels; also 1 local volunteer FM radio station;, shortwave NA;

Telecommunication systems (Telephone system) [time series]

13 outgoing and 10 incoming commercial lines; adequate telecommunications domestic: 60-channel submarine cable, 22 DSN circuits by satellite, Autodin with standard remote terminal, digital telephone switch, Military Affiliated Radio System (MARS station), UHF/VHF air-ground radio, a link to the Pacific Consolidated Telecommunications Network (PCTN) satellite international: NA

Broadcast media (Television broadcast stations) [time series]

commercial satellite television system, with 16 channels (1997)

Economic overview (Economy--overview) [time series]

Economic activity is limited to providing services to US military personnel and contractors located on the island. All food and manufactured goods must be imported.

Electricity - consumption (Electricity--consumption) [time series]

NAkWh

Electricity - production (Electricity--production) [time series]

NAkWh note: there are six 25,000 kWh generators supplied by the base operating support contractor

Area [time series]

total: 2.8 sq km land: 2.8 sq km water: 0 sq km

Area - comparative (Area--comparative) [time series]

about 4.7 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC

Climate [time series]

tropical, but generally dry; consistent northeast trade winds with little seasonal temperature variation

Coastline [time series]

10 km

Elevation (Elevation extremes) [time series]

lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: Summit Peak 5 m

Environment - current issues (Environment--current issues) [time series]

no natural fresh water resources

International environmental agreements (Environment--international agreements) [time series]

party to: NA signed, but not ratified: NA

Geographic coordinates [time series]

16 45 N, 169 30 W

Geography - note (Geography--note) [time series]

strategic location in the North Pacific Ocean; Johnston Island and Sand Island are natural islands, which have been expanded by coral dredging; North Island (Akau) and East Island (Hikina) are manmade islands formed from coral dredging; closed to the public; former US nuclear weapons test site; site of Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System (JACADS); some low-growing vegetation

Irrigated land [time series]

0 sq km (1998)

Land boundaries [time series]

0 km

Land use [time series]

arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 0% forests and woodland: 0% other: 100%

Location [time series]

Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, about one-third of the way from Hawaii to the Marshall Islands

Map references [time series]

Oceania

Maritime claims [time series]

exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm

Natural hazards [time series]

NA

Natural resources [time series]

NA; guano deposits worked until depletion about 1890

Terrain [time series]

mostly flat

Country name [time series]

conventional long form: none conventional short form: Johnston Atoll

Data code [time series]

JQ

Dependency status [time series]

unincorporated territory of the US; administered from Washington, DC, by the US Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and managed cooperatively by DTRA and the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system

Flag (Flag description) [time series]

the flag of the US is used

Legal system [time series]

NA

Military - note (Military--note) [time series]

defense is the responsibility of the US

Population [time series]

no indigenous inhabitants note: there are 1,200 US military and civilian contractor personnel (January 1999 est.)

Disputes - international (Disputes--international) [time series]

none

Airports [time series]

1 (1998 est.)

Airports - with paved runways (Airports--with paved runways) [time series]

total: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 (1998 est.)

Ports (Ports and harbors) [time series]

Johnston Island