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- Howland Island (US): Communications
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- <article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Howland Island
- Communications</hdr><body>
- <p>Ports: none; offshore anchorage only, one boat landing area along
- the middle of the west coast
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- <p>Airports: airstrip constructed in 1937 for scheduled refueling stop
- on the round-the-world flight of Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan -
- they left Lae, New Guinea, for Howland Island, but were never seen
- again; the airstrip is no longer serviceable
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- <p>Note: Earhart Light is a day beacon near the middle of the west
- coast that was partially destroyed during World War II, but has since
- been rebuilt in memory of famed aviatrix Amelia Earhart
- </p></body></article></text>
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