CIA WORLD FACTBOOK 1992 via the Libraries of the Univ. of Missouri-St. Louis
 
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Source        :CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 
Source key    :CI 
Program       :WORLD FACTBOOK 
Program key   :CI WOFACT 
Update sched. :Annually         
ID number     :CI WOFACT 021              
Title         :Vital Statistics - BAKER ISLAND 
Data type     :TEXT 
End year      :1993
Date of record:01/22/1993
Country       : 
| BAKER ISLAND 
Text          : 
BAKER ISLAND 
(territory of the US) 
 
GEOGRAPHY 
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: none 
 
Coastline: 4.8 km 
 
Maritime claims: 
 
Contiguous zone: 12 nm 
 
Continental shelf: 200 m (depth) 
 
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm 
 
Territorial sea: 12 nm 
 
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% 
 
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 
 
Note: remote location 2,575 km southwest of Honolulu in the North 
Pacific Ocean, just north of the Equator, about halfway between Hawaii and 
Australia 
 
PEOPLE 
Population: uninhabited; 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 
 
GOVERNMENT 
Long-form name: none 
 
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 
 
ECONOMY 
Overview: no economic activity 
 
COMMUNICATIONS 
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 
 
Telecommunications: there is a day beacon near the middle of the west 
coast 
 
DEFENSE FORCES 
Note: defense is the responsibility of the US; visited annually by the 
US Coast Guard 
 
 
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