Baker Island

Baker Island is a small, uninhabited atoll located in the North Pacific Ocean. It is one of the United States Minor Outlying Islands and is an unincorporated territory of the United States. The island is located about halfway between Hawaii and Australia and is about one square mile in size. It is made up of a coral reef surrounding a lagoon, and there are no permanent residents on the island.

Baker Island was discovered in 1818 by Captain Elisha Folger of the Nantucket whaling ship Equator, and it was named after Michael Baker, a member of the ship’s crew. The island has a small landing strip and a number of buildings, including a lighthouse and a weather station, but these are only used by occasional visitors. Baker Island is home to a number of species of birds, including the masked booby and the red-tailed tropicbird, and it is an important nesting site for these and other seabirds. The island is also home to a number of species of reptiles, including lizards and snakes.

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