Baker Island

name

Etymology

Named for Captain Michael Baker (1802-1860) who sold his rights and interests to the island in 1855 to a group that later established the American Guano Company.

Definitions

  1. a US 2.1 km² uninhabited atoll just north of the equator in the central Pacific Ocean,…

    a US 2.1 km² uninhabited atoll just north of the equator in the central Pacific Ocean, geographically together with Howland Island part of the Rawaki Islands

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