Remote islands · Remote islands
Johnston Atoll
Bird refuge, nuclear test site, chemical weapons dump.
- Bird refuge
- 1926
- Starfish Prime
- July 9, 1962
Then
- 1796
The brig Sally runs aground, the first Western record.
- 1926
The atoll becomes a bird refuge.
- 1962
Starfish Prime explodes 400 km overhead.
- 2000
The last chemical weapons are burned.
Now
Only a small crew fighting invasive ants stays here, six months at a time.