Uninhabited 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, a cemetery and remnants of structures from early settlement are located near the middle of the west coast, visited annually by US Fish and Wildlife Service
Geographic coordinates:
0° 11' N, 176° 28' W
Area total:
2.1 sq. km
Land area:
2.1 sq. km
Water area:
0 sq. km
Total land boundaries:
0 km
Coastline:
4.8 km
Elevation extremes:
Pacific Ocean 0 m - unnamed location 8 m
Name - conventional long form:
none
Name - conventional short form:
Baker 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.