Howland Island - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Howland Island is a small island in the north Pacific Ocean, just north of the Equator. It is owned by the United States.[1]
Weather
[change | change source]Howland island is a very hot and sunny island with wind blowing almost all the time. It only rains every once in a while.
Location
[change | change source]Howland Island is located at 0 48 N, 176 38 W.
Gallery
[change | change source]- Earhart Light with post World War II repairs
- Aircraft wreckage on Howland
- Itascatown settlement remains
- Howland island flora
- Howland island flora (leeward)
- Brown Boobies
- Brown Boobies
- Ruddy turnstones
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Howland Island" at CIA World Factbook Archived 2017-07-16 at the Wayback Machine; excerpt, "no indigenous inhabitants"; retrieved 2013-4-19.
Other websites
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Howland Island.
- Howland in Google Maps
- Geography, history and nature on Howland Island Archived 2014-02-26 at the Wayback Machine
- Howland Island National Wildlife Refuge Archived 2005-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
- 'Voyage of the Odyssey' – pictures and travelogue
- Howland Island at Infoplease
- Howland Island – Small Island, Big History Archived 2007-04-02 at the Wayback Machine
- Pictures of the 1993 expedition to Howland island