Howland Island

English Etymology Named for brothers George and Matthew Howland, who were early investors in guano mining on the island. Proper noun Howland Island An uninhabited coral island located just north of the equator in the central Pacific Ocean, about 1,700 nautical miles (3,100 km) southwest of Honolulu. It is an unincorporated, unorganized territory of the United States. en May 13, 1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt Executive Order 7368—Placing Certain Islands in the Pacific Ocean Under the Control and Jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior https://web.archive.org/web/20230209063222/https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-7368-placing-certain-islands-the-pacific-ocean-under-the-control-and https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-7368-placing-certain-islands-the-pacific-ocean-under-the-control-and February 09, 2023 By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of June 25, 1910, Ch. 421, 36 Stat. 847, as amended by the Act of August 24, 1912, ch. 369, 37 Stat. 497, and as President of the United States, it is ordered that Jarvis Island located in the Pacific Ocean approximately in latitude 0°22'30" S. and longitude 160°01' W. from Greenwich; Baker Island located in the Pacific Ocean approximately in latitude 0°13'30" N. and longitude 176°33' W. from Greenwich; and Howland Island located in the Pacific Ocean approximately in latitude 0°49' N. and longitude 176°43' W. from Greenwich, as indicated upon the diagram hereto attached and made a part of this order, be, and they are hereby, reserved, set aside, and placed under the control and jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior for administrative purposes. Translations island Thai: th เกาะฮาวแลนด์ en United States Minor Outlying Islands