Baker Island

English
Baker Island

Etymology

Named for Captain Michael Baker, who visited the island several times starting in 1832 and eventually claimed and sold it.

Proper noun

Baker Island

  1. 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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