Transportation - note (2004)

	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
	Baker Island	there is a day beacon near the middle of the west coast
	Georgia	transportation network is in poor condition resulting from 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
	Midway Islands	airfield serves as an emergency landing site for commercial aircraft crossing the Pacific Ocean
	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
	Wake Island	formerly an important commercial aviation base, now used by US military, some commercial cargo planes, and for emergency landings

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