Palmyra Atoll
Palmyra Atoll is an uninhabited atoll in the Line Islands in Micronesia, 1,105 mi south of Honolulu, about half way between Hawaii and American Samoa. Its nearest neighbor is uninhabited Kingman Reef to the northwest; the nearest inhabited islands are those of Kiribati.Places of Interest
Highlights include Palmyra Airport.
Palmyra Airport
Aerodrome
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Palmyra Atoll, or Palmyra Island, is a small, low-lying, uninhabited atoll in the central Pacific Ocean, controlled by the United States. It is one of the Northern Line Islands, and is located almost due south of the Hawaiian Islands, roughly one-third of the way between Hawaii and American Samoa. Palmyra Airport is situated 3 km northwest of Palmyra Atoll.
Palmyra Atoll
- Type: Atoll
- Also known as: “Brush”, “BRUSH WW2”, “Palmoore”, “Palmya Island”, “Samarang”, “Samarang Isles”, and “Sanarany”
- Category: landform
- Location: Palmyra Atoll, Polynesia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
5.875° or 5° 52′ 30″ northLongitude
-162.055° or 162° 3′ 18″ westElevation
2 metres (7 feet)Open location code
62QVVWFV+XXGeoNames ID
5854951
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Palmyra Atoll” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Палмира”
- Catalan: “Atol Palmyra”
- Chinese: “帕邁拉環礁”
- Croatian: “Atol Palmyra”
- Czech: “Atol Palmyra”
- Czech: “Palmyra”
- Dutch: “Palmyra-atol”
- Esperanto: “Palmiro”
- Finnish: “Palmyra Atoll”
- German: “Palmyra”
- Hebrew: “אטול פאלמירה”
- Hungarian: “Palmyra-atoll”
- Icelandic: “Palmyraeyja”
- Indonesian: “Atol Palmyra”
- Italian: “Palmyra”
- Japanese: “パルミラ環礁”
- Korean: “팔미라 섬”
- Norwegian: “Palmyraatollen”
- Polish: “Palmyra”
- Portuguese: “Atol Palmyra”
- Russian: “Атолл Пальмира”
- Serbian: “Палмира”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Atol Palmyra”
- Slovak: “Palmyra”
- Spanish: “Atolón Palmira”
- Spanish: “Atolón Palmyra”
- Thai: “พอลไมราอะทอลล์”
- Turkish: “Palmyra Atoll”
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