Baker Island {Left map}(0° 13' N - 176° 31' W)  Both Baker and Howland Islands lie about halfway between Australia and Hawaii.  Baker is slightly smaller than Howland with only 1.4 square kilometers of land area.  Both islands were worked until 1891 for the harvest of extensive deposits of guano.

Howland Island {right map}(0° 48' N - 176° 38' W)  The island is almost totally covered with grasses, prostrate vines, and low-growing shrubs.  There are some trees in the center of the island.  Howland Island provides nesting, roosting, and foraging habitat for seabirds, shorebirds, and marine wildlife, unfortunately for the birds, there are also feral cats who now call this island home.  An airstrip was constructed in 1937 and was the next scheduled refueling stop for the pioneer aviator Amelia Earhart when she left Lae, New Guinea and then disappeared.