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Title         :Baker Island 
Text          : 
                                  Baker Island 
 
                                     Header 
 
Affiliation: 
    (territory of the US) 
 
                                    Geography 
 
Location: 
    Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from 
    Hawaii to Australia 
Map references: 
    Oceania 


Area: 
  total area: 
    1.4 sq km 
  land area: 
    1.4 sq km 
  comparative area: 
    about 2.3 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC 
Land boundaries: 
    0 km 
Coastline: 
    4.8 km 
Maritime claims: 
  exclusive economic zone: 
    200 nm 
  territorial sea: 
    12 nm 
International 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% 
Irrigated land: 
    0 sq km 
Environment: 
  current issues: 
    no natural fresh water resources 
  natural hazards: 
    the narrow fringing reef surrounding the island can be a maritime hazard 
  international agreements: 
    NA 
Note: 
    treeless, sparse, and scattered vegetation consisting of grasses, prostrate 
    vines, and low growing shrubs; primarily a nesting, roosting, and foraging 
    habitat for seabirds, shorebirds, and marine wildlife 
 
                                     People 
 
Population: 
    uninhabited; note - 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; a cemetery and 
    cemetery ruins are located near the middle of the west coast 
 
                                   Government 
 


Names: 
  conventional long form: 
    none 
  conventional short form: 
    Baker Island 
Digraph: 
    FQ 
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 
 
                                 Transportation 
 
Ports: 
    none; offshore anchorage only; note - there is one boat landing area along 
    the middle of the west coast 
Airports: 
    1 abandoned World War II runway of 1,665 m 
Note: 
    there is a day beacon near the middle of the west coast 
 
                                 Defense Forces 
 
    defense is the responsibility of the US; visited annually by the US Coast 
    Guard 

This publication is also available online from the CIA (http://www.odci.gov/cia) as 1995 World Factbook (http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/index.html).

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The World Factbook 1995,
SuDoc No: PREX 3.15:995

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