MENU 
  
 NEWS 
  
  
 DXCC 
  
 Geography 
  
 Other 
  
 Poland 
  
 SITE GUIDE 
  
 SP6NVK 
  
  
 Links 
Geographical unit:
 
 Entity
 Howland Island 
 Main prefix
 KH1 
 Time zone
 -12 h 
 Continent
 Australia and Oceania 
 
          Howland Island          
 
 Howland Island: Baker I. 

 Howland Island - (Metropole: United States)
 contains of following DXCC entities:
 
          Howland Island          
 
 Coat of arms 
 Coin 
 Banknote 
 Stamp 
 Satellite image 
 
 Flag 
 Flag description 
The flag of the US is used.
 
          Howland Island          
 
 Howland Island 
 Population: 
uninhabited (July 2002 est.)
American civilians evacuated in 1942 after Japanese air and naval attacks during World War II, occupied by US military during World War II, but abandoned after the war, public entry is by special-use permit from US Fish and Wildlife Service only and generally restricted to scientists and educators, visited annually by US Fish and Wildlife Service
 Geographic
 coordinates: 
0° 48' N, 176° 37' W
 Area total: 
2.6 sq. km
 Land area: 
2.6 sq. km
 Water area: 
0 sq. km
 Total land
 boundaries: 
0 km
 Coastline: 
6.4 km
 Elevation
 extremes: 
Pacific Ocean 0 m - unnamed location 3 m
 Name -
 conventional
 long form: 
none
 Name -
 conventional
 short form: 
Howland Island
 Independence: 
none (part of USA)
 Dependency
 status: 
Unincorporated territory of the US, administered from Washington, DC, by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system.
Note: The following US Pacific island territories - Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Palmyra Atoll - constitute the Pacific Remote Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex and as such are managed by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of Interior.
 
          Howland Island          

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 All rights reserved. (C) SP6NVK 2002-2012