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Nature Group to Buy Pacific Atoll [Detail] A tropical paradise once considered for use as an atomic waste dump will now be preserved for birds and animals instead. The Nature Conservancy plans to raise $37 million to buy Palmyra Atoll, the last intact marine wilderness in the U.S. tropics. THE ATOLL, located 1,052 miles south of Hawaii, includes 680 acres of land and 15,512 acres of pristine coral reefs, emerald islets and turquoise lagoons. An atoll is a coral island encircling a lagoon like a ring. Palmyra was formed by coral growth on the rim of an ancient volcano. Palmyra is the only nesting habitat for migratory seabirds and shorebirds within 450,000 square miles of Pacific Ocean. About a third of the atoll will become a Nature Conservancy preserve, with the remainder to be set aside as a national wildlife refuge. Category : South Pacific Palmyra Atoll

One World Journeys presents the Palmyra Atoll Expedition [Detail] Palmyra Atoll, a tiny coral atoll in the vast Pacific Ocean, is the keeper of answers to big questions about the health of our coral reefs and oceans. Preserved in isolation 1000 miles south of Hawaii, Palmyra Atoll is one of the only remaining intact coral atoll ecosystems on Earth. Join us as we scuba dive with the sharks, manta rays and other wildlife on Palmyra's beautiful coral reefs. Learn about Palmyra's history and experience Palmyra's amazing population of migratory seabirds, the rare coconut crab and other wildlife. Enjoy incredible underwater photography and learn about efforts to protect this unique ecosystem for generations to come. Category : South Pacific Palmyra Atoll

Palmyra: Pacific Paradise in Danger [Detail] Current Press Releases-01/18/01: Waters Surrounding Palmyra Receive Federal Protection. In an action that took place late Thursday night, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service approved the establishment of a National Wildlife Refuge for the waters off of Palmyra Atoll. 05/04/00: The Nature Conservancy Announces Intent to Purchase Palmyra In what will be one of its most important land acquisitions to date, The Nature Conservancy today announced its intention to purchase Palmyra Atoll, the last intact marine wilderness in the U.S. tropics. Category : South Pacific Palmyra Atoll

	The World Factbook -- Palmyra Atoll [Detail] A privately owned, uninhabited collection of 50 islets, Palmyra Atoll is situated some 990 miles southwest of Hawaii. Administered by the United States since 1898, the atoll is covered in dense vegetation, including coconut palms. Category : South Pacific Palmyra Atoll

United States v. Fullard-Leo [Detail] Supreme Court's 1947 decision rejecting the government's 1939 claim to the atoll. Palmyra Island is around one thousand miles south of the main Hawaiian group. It is the first considerable body of land in that direction and lies between the Hawaiian Islands and Samoa. The Palmyra group is a coral covered atoll of about fifty islets, some with trees, and extends-reefs, intervening water and land-5 2/3 sea miles in an easterly and westerly direction and 1 1/3 sea miles northwardly and southwardly. Category : South Pacific Palmyra Atoll

Palmyra: Pacific Paradise in Danger [Detail] The Nature Conservancy is trying to buy Palmyra to keep it and its biological riches protected forever. The environmental group plans to raise $37-million dollars to pay for the atoll and establish a fund to maintain it for conservation and research, as well as a small scale eco-tourism site. They call it the last chance to truly protect an intact Pacific atoll ecosystem. Field biologists call it an environmental treasure of wildlife, plants and fish that are gone or disappearing elsewhere. You might call it paradise -- an uninhabited tropical island, where great swarms of rare, colorful birds gather to nest, where tall palms drop coconuts on sandy beaches, and where schools of large fish laze through warm lagoons. Category : South Pacific Palmyra Atoll

Palmyra Atoll [Detail] Palmyra is an equatorial atoll, a circular string of 54 small, heavily vegetated islets formed by the growth of coral on the rim of an ancient submerged volcano. The Palmyra Atoll is a thousand miles south of Hawaii, an untold distance from civilization. Uninhabited by humans and wild to the core, it is the last intact marine wilderness in the U.S. tropics. Category : South Pacific Palmyra Atoll