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| Location Johnston Island is located in Johnston Atoll in the northern Pacific Ocean. the northwest is Sand Island (Sand Islet) and North Island (Akau) and beyond East Island (Hikina). Johnston Island was originally only 19 hectares in size. By the 1930s expanded to 241 hectares using coral fill from dredging of the lagoon. Today Johnston Island is part of the United States Minor Outlying Islands (Unincorporated Unorganized Territory) of the United States of America. History On September 2, 1796 the island was first discovered by an American ship Sally that ran aground on a nearby shoal but did not name or lay claim to the island. On December 14, 1807 visited by HMS Cornwallis under the command of Captain Charles J. Johnston who named it Johnston Island. Wartime History On February 14, 1941 Johnston was designated as a Naval Defensive Sea Area and Airspace Reservation. Johnston Airfield (Johnston Atoll Airport, Johnston Island AFB) Used during the war part of the ferry route form Hawaii to the South Pacific Japanese missions against Johnston December 15, 1941–June 1942 Postwar During 1948, the USAF assumed control of Johnston and the atoll was used for high-altitude nuclear tests during the 1950s and 1960s. Until late in 2000, Johnston Atoll was used as a storage and disposal site for chemical weapons. By May 2005, munitions destruction and cleanup was completed. Since then, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the US Air Force are discussing future management options. Presently, Johnston Atoll and the three-mile Naval Defensive Sea around it remain under the jurisdiction and administrative control of the U.S. Air Force (USAF). Contribute
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