The CIA World Factbook Edition 1997 Transportation

Transportation - note In 30 editions of 36.

Transportation - note was published in 30 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1996 to 2025. The 1997 edition carries it in 7 entries, in its Transportation section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 1997 edition
7
the first edition with it
1996
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Transportation - note” (1997 to 2025), “Transportation--note” (1999), “Transportation-note” (1998) and “Transportation note” (1996).

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Edition 1997

Entries with Transportation - note in each edition

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Asia

1 entry

Georgia

transportation network is in poor condition and disrupted by ethnic conflict, criminal activities, and fuel shortages; network lacks maintenance and repair

Oceania

4 entries

Baker Island

there is a day beacon near the middle of the west coast

Howland Island

  • 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

Jarvis Island

there is a day beacon near the middle of the west coast

Wake Island

formerly an important commercial aviation base, now used by US military, some commercial cargo planes, as well as the US Army Space and Strategic Defense Command for missile launches

Oceans

2 entries

Arctic Ocean

sparse network of air, ocean, river, and land routes; the Northwest Passage (North America) and Northern Sea Route (Eurasia) are important seasonal waterways

Atlantic Ocean

Kiel Canal and Saint Lawrence Seaway are two important waterways

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1997, “Transportation - note”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/transportation-note/1997.

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