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  1.                                                                                 Communications
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  3. Ports: none; offshore anchorage only, one boat landing area
  4. along the middle of the west coast
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  6. Airports: airstrip constructed in 1937 for scheduled refueling
  7. stop on the round-the-world flight of Amelia Earhart and Fred
  8. Noonan - they left Lae, New Guinea, for Howland Island, but
  9. were never seen again; the airstrip is no longer serviceable
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  11. Note: Earhart Light is a day beacon near the middle of the west
  12. coast that was partially destroyed during World War II, but has
  13. since been rebuilt in memory of famed aviatrix Amelia Earhart
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