Palmyra Atoll Links
- Palmyra Atoll: Rainforest of the Sea 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.
- World Factbook: Palmyra Atoll 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 its hot and humid climate.
- Nature Group to Buy Pacific Atoll Article about "Nature Conservancies" plans to buy the atoll.
- United States v. Fullard-Leo, 331 U.S. 256 (1947) 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.
- The Curse of Palmyra Island Article about the aura of the islands in the light of past events and visitors' travelogues. Includes excerpts about the ownership of the island.
- Encyclopædia Britannica: Palmyra Atoll Entry on the uninhabited US territory.
- Palmyra: Pacific Paradise Radio feature on the atoll by Alex Chadwick (July 2000).
- Palmyra Atoll The Nature Conservancy informs about the atoll, a habitat for migratory seabirds, it purchases in order to preserve its fauna and flora. Illustrated article, with timeline.
- Palmyra Atoll Map.
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