Baker Island
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Baker Island |
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Map of the central Pacific Ocean showing Baker Island and nearby Howland Island just north of the equator and east of Tarawa. |
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| Coordinates | 0°11′41″N 176°28′46″W / 0.19472°N 176.47944°W |
| Area | 1.64 km2 (0.63 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 8 m (26 ft) |
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| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
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| unincorporated | |
Baker Island is a small coral island, or atoll, in the North Pacific Ocean. It is just above of the equator. It belongs of the United States. The United States Department of the Interior is in charge of the island, which is currently called the Baker Island National Wildlife Refuge.[1]
The island has no trees. The island is surrounded by a coral reef, which makes the atoll hard to approach in a boat.
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- ↑ "Baker Island" at CIA World Factbook; excerpt, "no indigenous inhabitants"; retrieved 2013-4-19.
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Media related to Baker Island at Wikimedia Commons- Baker Island National Wildlife Refuge
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