Johnston Island Maps and Travel Guides

We suggest that everyone traveling to Johnston Island take a map and guidebook. We have the maps and travel guide-books for every vacation in the Pacific Ocean region. From Manila to the white sand beaches of Pitcairn island, Map Town covers it. Map Town carries an excellent selection of maps for the whole region and each individual country. Buy a map and travel guide of Johnston Island to ensure you get the most out of your holiday.

Johnston Island Maps

• Johnston Island Travel Maps

Johnston Island Travel Guides

• Johnston Island Travel Guides

Facts and Online Map for Johnston Island

• Information and On-Line Map for Johnston Island

Johnston Atoll, consisting of four islands and reefs (the largest being Johnston Island), is located in the central Pacific (1,300 km) SW of Honolulu. Johnston Island has been significantly expanded with dredged fill. The atoll is the site of a wildlife refuge.

Johnston Atoll was discovered by Americans in 1796, or the British in 1807, and was claimed by both the United States and the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1858; it was not, however, included in the state of Hawaii. U.S. companies exploited the island for guano until the 1880s. A bird sanctuary since the 1920s, the strategic island was under U.S. Navy control from 1934 and Air Force control after 1948. In the 1950s and 60s the United States conducted a series of nuclear tests there, causing some radioactive contamination of the atoll.