Palmyra Atoll

Palmyra Atoll is an uninhabited atoll in the Line Islands in Micronesia, 1,105 mi south of , about half way between and . Its nearest neighbor is uninhabited Kingman Reef to the northwest; the nearest inhabited islands are those of .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Palmyra Airport.

Aerodrome
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Palmyra Atoll, or Palmyra Island, is a small, low-lying, uninhabited atoll in the central Pacific Ocean that is a Territory of the United States and insular area; it is the only officially in the Union. is situated 3 km northwest of Palmyra Atoll.

Palmyra Atoll

Latitude
5.875° or 5° 52′ 30″ north
Longitude
-162.055° or 162° 3′ 18″ west
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
Open location code
62QVVWFV+XX
Geo­Names ID
5854951
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Satellite Map

Discover Palmyra Atoll from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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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