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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
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