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Country
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Transportation - note
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Arctic Ocean
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sparse network of air, ocean, river, and land routes; the Northwest Passage (North America) and Northern Sea Route (Eurasia) are important seasonal waterways
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Atlantic Ocean
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Kiel Canal and Saint Lawrence Seaway are two important waterways; significant domestic commercial and recreational use of Intracoastal Waterway on central and south Atlantic seaboard and Gulf of Mexico coast of US
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Baker Island
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there is a day beacon near the middle of the west coast
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Georgia
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transportation network is in poor condition resulting from ethnic conflict, criminal activities, and fuel shortages; network lacks maintenance and repair
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Howland Island
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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; named in memory of famed aviatrix Amelia EARHART
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Jarvis Island
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there is a day beacon near the middle of the west coast
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Midway Islands
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airfield serves as an emergency landing site for commercial aircraft crossing the Pacific Ocean
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Pacific Ocean
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Inside Passage offers protected waters from southeast Alaska to Puget Sound (Washington state)
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Southern Ocean
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Drake Passage offers alternative to transit through the Panama Canal
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Wake Island
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formerly an important commercial aviation base, now used by US military, some commercial cargo planes, and for emergency landings
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