Baker Island

English right|270px|thumb|Baker Island Alternative forms obsolete en Baker's Island Etymology Named for Captain Michael Baker (1802-1860) who sold his rights and interests to the island in 1855 to a group that later established the American Guano Company. Proper noun Baker Island 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 en June 4, 1857 THE NAVY OF THE UNITED STATES, And the Sympathy of Navy Officers with the Interests of Agriculturists. w:The National Era Washington, D. C. XI 544 https://archive.org/details/sim_national-era_1857-06-04_11_544/ 90 https://archive.org/details/sim_national-era_1857-06-04_11_544/page/90/ 7 It has been demonstrated that these islands have been often visited by our whale ships, and we confidently predict a vast trade in American guano will be established. The Baker Island guano has been analyzed, and found to be surpassingly rich in phosphates. 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. en 1952 Baker Island Leon E. Seltzer The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/ Morningside Heights, NY Columbia University Press 802473294 145 https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/page/145/ 3 Baker Island (□ 1), central Pacific, 40 mi. S of Howland Isl., U.S. naval base, near equator, on air route to Australia; 0°13'N 176°31'W; coral, arid. Claimed 1857 by U.S.; later worked for guano by both U.S. and Great Britain; colonized by Americans from Hawaii 1935; placed under Dept. of Interior 1936. In Second World War, captured by Japanese 1942, regained by U.S. 1944. Formerly worked for guano along with Jarvis and Howland isls. en 01/01/2025 New Year's Eve live: World ushers in 2025 w:Deutsche Welle https://web.archive.org/web/20250103143155/https://www.dw.com/en/new-years-eve-live-world-ushers-in-2025/live-71189057 https://www.dw.com/en/new-years-eve-live-world-ushers-in-2025/live-71189057 January 03, 2025 San Francisco's skyline was lit up by the city's annual firework show on the US West Coast.But in the westernmost state of the US, it is still 2024, just.Hawaii's clocks will tick over to midnight at the top of the coming hour.That's still not (quite) the end of the festivities.The islands of American Samoa and Niue in the South Pacific follow another hour later. Strictly speaking, two more US territories, Baker Island and Howland Island follow an hour after that — but both are uninhabited. en Translations island Chinese: Cantonese: yue 貝克島 bei5 kaa1 dou2 Mandarin: cmn 貝克島 Thai: th เกาะเบเกอร์ en Places in the United States United States Minor Outlying Islands