Howland Island

GPTKB entity
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Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf coral reef
unincorporated territory of the United States
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:U.S._Fish_and_Wildlife_Service
gptkb:U.S._Department_of_the_Interior
gptkbp:area 1.84 km²
gptkbp:claimedBy gptkb:United_States_(1857)
gptkbp:claimedUnder gptkb:Guano_Islands_Act
gptkbp:climate equatorial
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:discoveredBy American whalers
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1842
gptkbp:distance about halfway between Hawaii and Australia
gptkbp:EEZ 200 nautical miles
gptkbp:elevation 3 m
gptkbp:fauna marine wildlife
seabirds
gptkbp:flora grasses
shrubs
gptkbp:hasAirport gptkb:Itascatown_Airstrip_(abandoned)
gptkbp:hasLandingArea beach landing only
gptkbp:hasNoPermanentPopulation true
gptkbp:historicalName air navigation
guano mining
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Howland Island
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code gptkb:UM-84
gptkbp:latitude 0.8111° N
gptkbp:location gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkbp:longitude 176.6183° W
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Howland_family
gptkbp:nearestCity gptkb:Baker_Island
gptkbp:noFreshWater true
gptkbp:noHarbors true
gptkbp:noPorts true
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Amelia_Earhart_disappearance
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States_Minor_Outlying_Islands
gptkbp:population 0
gptkbp:postalCode none
gptkbp:protectedArea gptkb:Howland_Island_National_Wildlife_Refuge
gptkb:Pacific_Remote_Islands_Marine_National_Monument
gptkbp:region gptkb:Polynesia
gptkbp:status uninhabited
gptkbp:surroundedBy coral reef
gptkbp:timezone UTC−12:00
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus none
gptkbp:usedFor gptkb:nature_reserve
gptkbp:visitedBy gptkb:U.S._military
scientific expeditions
wildlife researchers
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Hawaii-Aleutian_Time_Zone
gptkb:Minor_Outlying_Islands
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4