United StatesIsland

Baker Island

1.7 km² of land in United States.

N 0.2 km

Beaches

Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.

In numbers

1.7km²

Area

5km

Coastline

Highest point

29°C

Warmest sea

July

Uninhabited Pacific atoll administered by the United States of America

Baker Island is an island in United States. It covers 1.7 km², with 5 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 8 m.

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On the island

What you find on Baker Island.

1beaches
2ruins and archaeological sites

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.

The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 4 m above the sea. 100 % of it is below 200 m.

100 %0–50 m

Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).

Size, for real

Next to islands you may know.

Baker Island2 km²

Capri10 km²

2 km

All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).

Recent years

Warmer and cooler years at sea.

Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2020	+1.4	+1.2	+0.9	+0.4	−0.1	±0.0	−0.3	−0.8	−0.7	−0.9	−1.2	−1.4
2021	−1.2	−1.2	−0.6	±0.0	±0.0	+0.1	−0.2	−0.2	−0.8	−0.8	−1.1	−1.0
2022	−0.3	−0.4	−1.2	−1.3	−1.2	−0.8	−1.0	−0.8	−1.0	−1.3	−1.3	−0.8
2023	−0.7	−0.8	−0.4	+0.2	+0.2	+0.7	+1.1	+1.6	+1.7	+2.2	+2.4	+2.2
2024	+2.2	+1.1	+0.7	+0.8	+0.8	+0.6	+0.4	+0.4	−0.1	+0.3	+0.1	−1.1
2025	−1.5	−1.2	−0.7	−0.3	−0.3	+0.2	−0.4	−0.3	−0.7	−0.4	−0.8	−0.4

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Photos

Seen by visitors.

Baker Island Coastline — Joann94024 at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0

Baker Radio Towers — Joann94024 at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0

Baker Island Gravesite — joann94024 · CC BY-SA 3.0

Soldierfish, Baker Island NWR — USFWS - Pacific Region · Public domain

Nearby

More islands nearby.

Howland Island

United States1.8 km²4 m70 km away

About these numbers

Names, area, population	Wikidata (Q31875889) · CC0
Outline	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Sea temperature	NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020
Climate	NASA POWER · 1991–2020
Relief, 3D model	Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Towns	GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
Images	EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons