ls
partners: UK

External debt: $NA

Economic aid: none

Currency: 1 Jersey pound (LJ) = 100 pence

Exchange rates: Jersey pounds (LJ) per US$1 - 0.6535 (January
1996), 0.6335 (1995), 0.6529 (1994), 0.6658 (1993), 0.5664 (1992),
0.5652 (1991); the Jersey pound is at par with the British pound

Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March

Transportation
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Railways: 0 km

Highways:
total: NA km
paved: NA km
unpaved: NA km

Ports: Gorey, Saint Aubin, Saint Helier

Merchant marine: none

Airports:
total: 1
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 1 (1995 est.)

Communications
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Telephones: 61,447 (1983 est.)

Telephone system:
domestic: NA
international: 3 submarine cables

Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0

Radios: NA

Television broadcast stations: 1

Televisions: NA

Defense
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Defense note: defense is the responsibility of the UK

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@Johnston Atoll
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(territory of the US)

Map
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Location: 16 45 N, 169 30 W -- Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific
Ocean, about one-third of the way from Hawaii to the Marshall Islands

Flag
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Description: the flag of the US is used

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

Geographic coordinates: 16 45 N, 169 30 W

Map references: Oceania

Area:
total area: 2.8 sq km
land area: 2.8 sq km
comparative area: about 4.7 times the size of The Mall in
Washington, DC

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 10 km

Maritime claims:
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm

International disputes: none

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

Terrain: mostly flat
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Summit Peak 5 m

Natural resources: NA; guano deposits worked until depletion about
1890

Land use:
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
meadows and pastures: 0%
forest and woodland: 0%
other: 100%

Irrigated land: 0 sq km

Environment:
current issues: no natural fresh water resources
natural hazards: NA
international agreements: NA

Geographic note: strategic location in the North Pacific Ocean;
Johnston