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Howland Island, uninhabited island (.73 sq mi/1.89 sq km), central Pacific near the equator, c.1,620 mi (2610 km) SW of Honolulu. The island was discovered by American traders and was claimed by the United States in 1856, along with Jarvis Island Jarvis Island, island, 1.7 sq mi (4.4 sq km), central Pacific, one of the Line Islands , just south of the equator and c.1,300 mi (2,090 km) S of Honolulu. Known to British and American mariners, it was claimed in 1856 by the United States along with Howland Island
..... Click the link for more information. and Baker Island Baker Island, uninhabited island, 1 sq mi (2.6 sq km), central Pacific, near the equator, c.1,650 mi (2,660 km) SW of Honolulu. The arid coral island was discovered in 1832 by Capt. Michael Baker, an American, and was claimed by the United States in 1856.
..... Click the link for more information. . The three islands were worked for guano deposits by British and American companies during the 19th cent. The guano industry declined, and the islands were forgotten until they became a stop on the air route to Australia. American colonists were brought from Hawaii in 1935 in order to establish U.S. control against British claims, but the colony was disbanded at the outbreak of World War II. While en route to Howland Island in 1937 the aviator Amelia Earhart Earhart, Amelia (âr`härt), 1897–1937, American aviator, b. Atchison, Kans.
..... Click the link for more information. was lost in the Pacific. Howland Island is under the U.S. Dept. of the Interior.

Howland Island

a small island in the central Pacific, near the equator northwest of Phoenix Island: US airfield. Area: 2.6 sq. km (1 sq. mile)

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