Johnston Atoll

Johnston Atoll is an uninhabited atoll in Polynesia, 717 nautical miles southwest of , about one-third of the way to the .
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: unincorporated territory of the United States
  • Also known as: Johnston Island” and “Kalama Atoll

Johnston Atoll

Latitude of center
16.729° or 16° 43′ 44″ north
Longitude of center
-169.5335° or 169° 32′ 1″ west
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
United Nations Location Code
UM JON
Open­Street­Map ID
way 42010431
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
5854929
Wiki­data ID
Q131008
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Johnston Atoll” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Johnston-atol
  • Afrikaans: Johnston
  • Afrikaans: Johnstonatol
  • Arabic: جزيرة جونستون المرجانية
  • Arabic: جزيرة جونستون
  • Armenian: Ջոնթսոն ատոլ
  • Armenian: Ջոնթսոն
  • Armenian: Ջոնսոն ատոլ
  • Armenian: Ջոնստոն
  • Azerbaijani: Conston rifi
  • Basque: Johnston atoloia
  • Basque: Johnston Atoloia
  • Bavarian: Johnston-Atoll
  • Belarusian: Атол Джонстан
  • Belarusian: Атол Джонстана
  • Belarusian: Джонстан
  • Bengali: জন্সটন আতোল
  • Bosnian: Atol Johnston
  • Bosnian: Johnston Atoll
  • Bulgarian: Атол Джонстън
  • Catalan: atol Johnston
  • Catalan: Atol Johnston
  • Cebuano: Johnston Atoll
  • Chechen: Джонстон
  • Chinese: Johnston Khoân-chiau
  • Chinese: 強斯頓環礁
  • Chinese: 約翰斯頓環礁
  • Chinese: 约翰斯顿岛
  • Chinese: 约翰斯顿环礁
  • Cornish: Enesik Johnston
  • Croatian: Atol Johnston
  • Czech: Atol Johnston
  • Czech: Johnstonův atol
  • Danish: Johnston Atoll
  • Dutch: Johnston Atol
  • Dutch: Johnston-atol
  • Dutch: Johnston
  • Dutch: Johnstonatol
  • Dutch: JTN
  • Esperanto: Johnston Atoll
  • Esperanto: Jonstonatolo
  • Estonian: Johnston atoll
  • Estonian: Johnston
  • Estonian: Johnstoni atoll
  • Finnish: Johnston Atoll
  • Finnish: Johnstonin atolli
  • French: atoll de Johnston
  • French: atoll de Kalama
  • French: atoll Johnston
  • French: Atoll Johnston
  • French: Johnston Atoll
  • French: Johnston
  • French: Kalama Atoll
  • Galician: Atol Johnston
  • Galician: Johnston Atoll
  • Georgian: ჯონსტონი
  • German: Johnston Island
  • German: Johnston-Atoll
  • German: Johnstonatoll
  • German: Johnstoninsel
  • German: UM-67
  • Greek: Ατόλη Τζόνστον
  • Greek: Ατόλλη Τζόνστον
  • Greek: Τζόνστον Ατόλλη
  • Guianese Creole French: Atoll Johnston
  • Gujarati: જોનસ્ટન એટોલ
  • Hebrew: אטול ג’ונסטון
  • Hindi: जॉनस्टन एटोल
  • Hungarian: Johnston-atoll
  • Icelandic: Johnston-rif
  • Icelandic: Johnstoneyja
  • Ido: Atolo Johnston
  • Ido: Johnston-atolo
  • Indonesian: Atol Johnston
  • Indonesian: Johnston Atoll
  • Indonesian: Pulau Johnston
  • Italian: Atollo Johnston
  • Japanese: ジョンストン島
  • Japanese: ジョンストン環礁
  • Javanese: Atol Johnston
  • Kannada: ಜಾನ್ಸ್ಟನ್ ಅಟಾಲ್
  • Kazakh: Джонстон (атолл)
  • Kazakh: Джонстон
  • Korean: 존스턴 섬
  • Korean: 존스턴 환초
  • Latvian: Džonstona atols
  • Limburgan: Johnston-atol
  • Lithuanian: Džonstono atolas
  • Macedonian: Џонстонов Атол
  • Malay: Atol Johnston
  • Malayalam: ജോൺസ്റ്റൺ അറ്റോൾ
  • Marathi: जॉनस्टन एटॉल
  • Min Nan Chinese: Johnston Khoân-chiau
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Johnston Atoll
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Johnston Island
  • Norwegian: Johnston Atoll
  • Persian: آب‌سنگ جانستون
  • Persian: جزیره جانستون
  • Persian: جزیرهٔ جانستون
  • Polish: Johnston
  • Portuguese: Atol de johnston
  • Portuguese: Atol Johnston
  • Portuguese: Ilha Johnston
  • Portuguese: UM-67
  • Portuguese: US-67
  • Romanian: Atolul Johnston
  • Russian: Атолл Джонстон
  • Russian: Джонстон атолл
  • Russian: Джонстон, атолл
  • Russian: Джонстон
  • Sardinian: Atollu Johnston
  • Serbian: Atol Džonson
  • Serbian: Атол Џонсон
  • Serbian: Атол Џонстон
  • Serbian: Џонстон
  • Serbo-Croatian: Atol Džonston
  • Serbo-Croatian: Atol Johnston
  • Serbo-Croatian: Džonston Atol
  • Serbo-Croatian: Johnston
  • Shan: ၵျွၼ်ႇသတၼ်ႇဢထေႃး
  • Sicilian: Atollu Johnston
  • Sicilian: Johnston Atoll
  • Sinhala: ජොන්ස්ටන් ඇටෝල්
  • Sinhala: ජොන්ස්ටන් දුපත් සමූහය
  • Slovak: Johnston
  • Slovak: Johnstonov atol
  • Slovenian: Johnston Atoll
  • Slovenian: Johnstonov atol
  • Spanish: Atolon johnston
  • Spanish: Atolón Johnston
  • Spanish: Isla Johnston
  • Sundanese: Atol Johnston
  • Swedish: Johnston Atoll
  • Swedish: Johnston Island
  • Swedish: Johnstonatollen
  • Swedish: Johnstonön
  • Tamil: ஜான்ஸ்டன் பவளத்தீவு
  • Tamil: ஜோஹன்ஸ்டோன் அடால்
  • Tatar: Дҗонстон Атоллы
  • Telugu: జాన్స్‌స్టన్ అటోల్
  • Thai: จอห์นสตันอะทอลล์
  • Turkish: Johnston Atoll
  • Turkish: Johnston Atolü
  • Ukrainian: Атол Джонстон
  • Ukrainian: Джонстон
  • Urdu: جزیرہ جانسٹن
  • Vietnamese: Đảo Johnston
  • Vietnamese: Đảo san hô Johnston
  • Western Panjabi: جزیرہ جانسٹن
  • Wu Chinese: 约翰斯顿环礁
  • Yue Chinese: 強斯頓環礁

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