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Transportation - note (Country profile category: Transportation)

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

Baker Island:
there is a day beacon near the middle of the west coast

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

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

Southern Ocean:
Drake Passage offers alternative to transit through the Panama Canal

Wake Island:
formerly an important commercial aviation base, now occasionally used by US military, some commercial cargo planes, and for emergency landings

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