Howland Island

Howland Island is an uninhabited atoll located just north of the equator in the central Pacific Ocean at {{coor dm|0|48|N|176|38|W|}}, about 3,100 km (1,675 nautical miles) southwest of Honolulu. It is about one-half of the way from Hawaii to Australia and is an unincorporated, unorganized territory of the United States.

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Atoll - Pacific Ocean - Nautical mile - Honolulu - Hawaii - Australia - Unincorporated - Unorganized territory - United States

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Howland Island National Wildlife Refuge consists of the 455 acre (1.84 km²) island and the surrounding 32,074 acres (129.80 km²) of submerged land. The island is now a National Wildlife Refuge managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as an insular area under the U.S. Department of the Interior.

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National Wildlife Refuge - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Insular area - U.S. Department of the Interior

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The island has no economic activity and is perhaps best known as the island Amelia Earhart never reached. Defense is the responsibility of the United States and the island is visited annually by the U.S. Coast Guard.

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Amelia Earhart - United States - U.S. Coast Guard

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