The CIA World Factbook Edition 2006 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 2006 edition carries it in 8 entries, in its Transportation section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2006 edition
8
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 2006

Entries with Transportation - note in each edition

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Africa

2 entries

Iles Eparses

aids to navigation - lighthouses:
  • Europa Island 18m;
  • Juan de Nova Island (W side) 37m;
  • Tromelin Island (NW point) 11m

Saint Helena now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

there is no air connection to Saint Helena or Tristan da Cunha; an international airport for Saint Helena is in development for 2010

Asia

1 entry

Georgia

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

Oceania

1 entry

Wake Island

there are no commercial or civilian flights to and from Wake Island, except in direct support of island missions; emergency landing is available

Oceans

4 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;
  • significant domestic commercial and recreational use of Intracoastal Waterway on central and south Atlantic seaboard and Gulf of Mexico coast of US

Pacific Ocean

Inside Passage offers protected waters from southeast Alaska to Puget Sound (Washington state)

Southern Ocean

Drake Passage offers alternative to transit through the Panama Canal

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2006, “Transportation - note”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/transportation-note/2006.

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