CIA - The World Factbook: United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges - https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/um.html
Features map and brief descriptions of the geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues. |
Encyclopedia of the Nations - Palmyra Atoll - http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Asia-and-Oceania/United-States-Pacific-Dependencies-PALMYRA-ATOLL.html
Provides information about the country's geography, people, government, economy and tourism. From Thomson Gale. |
IMDb - And the Sea Will Tell (1991) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101345/
Details of the TV movie about the real-life murder of Mac and Muff Graham on Palmyra Atoll. |
Palmyra Atoll: Rainforest of the Sea - http://www.oneworldjourneys.com/expeditions/palmyra/
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. |
Palmyra Island Monthly Coral Oxygen Isotope Data - http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/coral/palmyra.html
112-year, monthly-resolved coral record, gathered by Kim Cobb and Chris Charles. |
Palmyra: Pacific Paradise - http://www.npr.org/programs/re/archivesdate/2000/jul/000724.palmyra.html
NPR radio feature on the atoll (July 2000, by Alex Chadwick). |
The Curse of Palmyra Island - http://www.labyrinth13.com/Palmyra.htm
Article about the aura of the islands in the light of past events and visitors' travelogues. Includes excerpts about the ownership of the island. |
The Nature Conservancy - Palmyra Atoll - http://nature.org/wherewework/asiapacific/palmyra/
News and information about the conservation group's purchase of the atoll to study and preserve its fauna and flora. Includes timeline and illustrations. |
United States v. Fullard-Leo, 331 U.S. 256 (1947) - http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=331&invol=256
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. |
Wikipedia - Palmyra Atoll - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmyra_Atoll
Hyperlinked encyclopedia article covers the uninhabited US territory's history, government and politics, geography, economy, demographics, language and culture. |