Baker Island
Appearance
File:Baker Island.svg Baker Island | |
File:Map of Kiribati CIA WFB.png Map of the central Pacific Ocean showing Baker Island and nearby Howland Island just north of the equator and east of Tarawa. | |
Geography | |
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Coordinates | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
Area | 1.64 km2 (0.63 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 8 m (26 ft) |
Administration | |
Demographics | |
Population | 0 |
Additional information | |
unincorporated |
Baker Island is a small coral island, or atoll, in the North Pacific Ocean. It is just above the equator. It belongs to the United States. The United States Department of the Interior is in charge of the island. It is called the Baker Island National Wildlife Refuge.[1]
The island has no trees. The island is surrounded by a coral reef. This makes the atoll hard to approach in a boat. The island also has an airstrip for planes to safely land on the island, making it the only way to easly get on to the island.
Gallery[change]
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Baker Island coastline with red-footed booby
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Fish and wildlife sign
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Baker Island day beacon
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Settlement remains, radio tower in background
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Brown noddies with radio towers in background
Related pages[change]
References[change]
- ↑ "Baker Island" at CIA World Factbook Archived 2017-07-16 at the Wayback Machine; excerpt, "no indigenous inhabitants"; retrieved 2013-4-19.
Other websites[change]
File:Commons-logo.svg Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 47: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
- Baker Island National Wildlife Refuge Archived 2017-06-17 at the Wayback Machine