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Navassa IslandGovernment
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conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Navassa Island
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Dependency status: |
unincorporated territory of the US; administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service, US Department of the Interior, from the Caribbean Islands National Wildlife Refuge in Boqueron, Puerto Rico; in September 1996, the Coast Guard ceased operations and maintenance of Navassa Island Light, a 46-meter-tall lighthouse on the southern side of the island; there has also been a private claim advanced against the island
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the laws of the US, where applicable, apply
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the flag of the US is used
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1 2 3 4 5 6 A: Page 1 of 6.
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