Jarvis Island (formerly known as Bunker Island) is an uninhabited 4.5 square kilometre coral island located in the South Pacific Ocean at Coordinates: 0°22S 160°01W, about halfway between Hawaii and the Cook Islands. The island's first known sighting by Europeans was on 21 August 1821 by the British ship Eliza Francis (or Eliza Frances) owned by Edward, Thomas and William Jarvis and commanded by Captain Brown. Read more