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Bookmark or Share- Jarvis Island - WikipediaJarvis Island (/ ˈ dʒ ɑːr v ɪ s /; formerly known as Bunker Island or Bunker's Shoal) is an uninhabited 4.5 km 2 (1.7 sq mi) coral island located in the South Pacific Ocean, about halfway between Hawaii and the Cook Islands.
- Jarvis Island National Wildlife Refuge | U.S. Fish & Wildlife ServiceWelcome to Jarvis Island National Wildlife Refuge! Part of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, Jarvis Island is home to a variety of wildlife, which includes shore and seabirds, 252 species of fish, manta rays, and sea turtles, and some of the most remote coral reefs in the world.
- Jarvis Island - WorldAtlasJarvis Island, formerly referred to as Volunteer Island, Brook Island, Jervis Island, or Bunker Island, is a coral island in the South Pacific Ocean located about midway between the Cooks Island and Hawaii and is administered by the United States. It forms a part of the Line Islands volcanic chain, of which most of the islands belong to Kiribati.
- Jarvis Island | Uninhabited, Wildlife, Conservation | BritannicaJarvis Island, coral atoll, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Northern Line Islands, west-central Pacific Ocean, about 1,000 miles (1,600 km) southwest of Honolulu. The atoll has an area of 1.6 square miles (4.1 square km). It was sighted in 1821 by Capt. Brown of the British.
- Jarvis Island: A Trove of Deep-sea Treasures - NOAA Ocean ExplorationFor a distance of about 100 meters during our dive at Jarvis Island, as far as remotely operated vehicle Deep Discoverer's light pool reached, the bottom was covered in primnoid corals and sea urchins. Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Mountains in the Deep: Exploring the Central Pacific Basin.
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