Baker Island

Baker Island is an uninhabited coral atoll in the central Pacific Ocean, administered by the United States as an unorganized, unincorporated territory.

Howland Island: Howland Island is an uninhabited coral island in the central Pacific, administered by the United States. This nearby U.S. island shares a history of guano extraction, colonization, and wartime occupation.
Guano Islands Act: The Guano Islands Act is an 1856 U.S. law allowing citizens to claim islands containing guano for the United States. The act provided the legal basis for the U.S. claim to Baker Island.
Nikolai Maksimov: Nikolai Maksimov was a Russian-American ornithologist who visited Pacific islands during the United States Exploring Expedition. His 1840 expedition record is among the early documented accounts of Baker Island.
Baker Island National Wildlife Refuge: Baker Island National Wildlife Refuge is a U.S. refuge protecting the island and its wildlife habitat. The refuge is the principal federal conservation designation covering the atoll.
Jarvis Island: Jarvis Island is an uninhabited coral island in the South Pacific, administered by the United States. Like Baker, Jarvis is a remote U.S. Pacific territory with a history of guano mining.
Guano mining: Guano mining is the extraction of seabird or bat excrement for use as fertilizer and a source of nitrates. Mining brought commercial interest and temporary settlement to Baker in the nineteenth century.
Amelia Earhart: Amelia Earhart was an American aviation pioneer who disappeared during an attempted 1937 flight around the world. Baker was a planned refueling stop on her intended route across the Pacific.
Seabird colony: A seabird colony is a breeding aggregation of seabirds that nests in a concentrated area. Baker supports large breeding populations of seabirds on its shore and interior.
United States Minor Outlying Islands: The United States Minor Outlying Islands are a group of U.S. insular areas, mostly uninhabited and scattered across the Pacific and Caribbean. Baker is grouped with these remote U.S. possessions for statistical and administrative purposes.
Michael Baker: Michael Baker was an American whaling captain associated with the 1832 discovery and naming of Baker Island. His name became attached to the island after his reported visit.

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