Minor islands remote from the United States, United States
Minor islands remote from the United States
The notebook of Minor islands remote from the United States
Go where the days smell of salt.
Uninhabited atolls and reefs, scattered throughout the Pacific and the Caribbean, are mainly related to conservation and scientific or military uses.
At your own pace
Identity summary
2 to 6 days
Spring · Summer · Autumn · Winter
Recommended car
Island · Coast · Nature
Variable accessibility
Sweet rhythm
General presentation
Minor islands remote from the United States
Uninhabited atolls and reefs, scattered throughout the Pacific and the Caribbean, are mainly related to conservation and scientific or military uses.
To understand what the United States is, you need to look at Midway Atoll, Wake Island and Atoll Palmyra. These places give you a view of a territory marked by island landscapes, coastline and natural spaces and allow you to move from emblematic sites to more intimate stages.
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For a stay of 2 to 6 days, a quiet rhythm works well. Also to be anticipated: no regular tourist access and scientific, military or conservation permits required. A car is usually the easiest way to connect the different sectors. Accessibility varies from site to site and deserves to be verified step by step.
Strengths and constraints
Strengths
- Atoll de Midway
- Wake Island
- Atoll Palmyra
Before you choose
- No regular tourist access
- Scientific, military or conservation authorizations required
Places worth visiting
A selection to start dreaming and organizing the stay — not an exhaustive list of everything there is to see.
Place indismissible
Atoll de Midway
Midway's Atoll combines tracks, buildings inherited from its military past and huge colonies of albatross in the heart of the marine monument of Papahānaumokuākea. The place carries both a memory of war in the Pacific and a major ecological value; ordinary tourist access is not open there.
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Wake Island
Wake is a Pacific strategic atoll, marked by an airstrip, military installations and remnants related to World War II. The landscape mixes lagoon, low coral and still sensitive infrastructures; it does not visit like a living island, because access remains reserved for specific permits.
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Atoll Palmyra
Palmyra protects an almost uninhabited lagoon, reefs, coastal forests and many colonies of seabirds. L-atoll is interested in its natural state of refuge, monitored by conservation programmes; the rare human presences are mainly researched, with limited displacements to avoid disturbance of habitats.
Practical tips
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