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- @node Header (Baker Island)
- @section Header (Baker Island)
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- @display
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- Affiliation:
- (territory of the US)
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- @end display
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- @node Geography (Baker Island)
- @section Geography (Baker Island)
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- @display
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- Location:
- in the North Pacific Ocean, just north of the Equator, 2,575 km southwest of
- Honolulu, about halfway between Hawaii and Australia
- Map references:
- Oceania
- Area:
- total area:
- 1.4 km2
- land area:
- 1.4 km2
- comparative area:
- about 2.3 times the size of the Mall in Washington, DC
- Land boundaries:
- 0 km
- Coastline:
- 4.8 km
- Maritime claims:
- contiguous zone:
- 12 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 m or depth of exploitation
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
- International disputes:
- none
- Climate:
- equatorial; scant rainfall, constant wind, burning sun
- Terrain: low, nearly level coral island surrounded by a narrow fringing reef
- Natural resources:
- guano (deposits worked until 1891)
- Land use:
- arable land:
- 0%
- permanent crops:
- 0%
- meadows and pastures:
- 0%
- forest and woodland:
- 0%
- other:
- 100%
- Irrigated land:
- 0 km2
- Environment:
- treeless, sparse, and scattered vegetation consisting of grasses, prostrate
- vines, and low growing shrubs; lacks fresh water; primarily a nesting,
- roosting, and foraging habitat for seabirds, shorebirds, and marine wildlife
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- @node People (Baker Island)
- @section People (Baker Island)
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- @display
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- Population:
- uninhabited; note - 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
- only and generally restricted to scientists and educators; a cemetery and
- cemetery ruinsare located near the middle of the west coast
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- @end display
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- @node Government (Baker Island)
- @section Government (Baker Island)
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- @display
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- Names:
- conventional long form:
- none
- conventional short form:
- Baker Island
- Digraph:
- FQ
- Type:
- unincorporated territory of the US administered by the Fish and Wildlife
- Service of the US Department of the Interior as part of the National
- Wildlife Refuge system
- Capital:
- none; administered from Washington, DC
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- @end display
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- @node Economy (Baker Island)
- @section Economy (Baker Island)
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- @display
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- Overview:
- no economic activity
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- @end display
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- @node Communications (Baker Island)
- @section Communications (Baker Island)
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- @display
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- Ports:
- none; offshore anchorage only, one boat landing area along the middle of the
- west coast
- Airports:
- 1 abandoned World War II runway of 1,665 m
- Note:
- there is a day beacon near the middle of the west coast
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- @end display
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- @node Defense Forces (Baker Island)
- @section Defense Forces (Baker Island)
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- @display
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- defense is the responsibility of the US; visited annually by the US Coast
- Guard
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- @end display
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