Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Howland and Baker Islands" in English language version.
District Court of Guam... According to MIMRA, the vessel was straddling an area near the EEZ boundary between the United States and Kiribati, approximately equal distance between Baker Island (U.S.) and McKeon [sic] Island (Kiribati).
Refuge boundaries are rarely portrayed on nautical charts, and other maps and erroneous information about Howland and nearby Refuges have also been recently presented on the Internet.
On January 6, 2009, President George W. Bush established the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument under the authority of the Antiquities Act of 1906. The monument incorporates approximately 86,888 square miles within its boundaries, which extend 50 nautical miles from the mean low water lines of Howland, Baker, and Jarvis Islands; Johnston, Wake, and Palmyra Atolls; and Kingman Reef.
Resolved, That the House of Representatives-- (1) acknowledges the accomplishments and sacrifices of the Hui Panalāʻau colonists and extends appreciation on behalf of the people of the United States; (2) acknowledges the local, national, and international significance of the 7-year colonization project, which resulted in the United States extending sovereignty into the Equatorial Pacific; and (3) recognizes and commends the accomplishments, sacrifices, and contributions of the more than 130 young men, the majority of whom were Native Hawaiian, who participated in the Equatorial Pacific colonization project.
Captain George B. Worth on the U.S. whaling ship Oeno discovered these islands in 1822.
The project's secrecy would last just more than a year, until President Franklin D. Roosevelt claimed the islands in May 1936.
Therefore, the day ends AOE when it ends on Howland Island.
Jurisdiction for this case is set forth in the Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Act, which establishes the U.S. Attorney in Guam as the lead authority for prosecution.
District Court of Guam... According to MIMRA, the vessel was straddling an area near the EEZ boundary between the United States and Kiribati, approximately equal distance between Baker Island (U.S.) and McKeon [sic] Island (Kiribati).
At the present time, Hawaiian boys of the Kamehameha school are maintaining the wireless station and working to clear the areas of Howland of debris to provide landing facilities for Mrs. Amelia Earhart, who is to fly to Australia. There is a possibility that they may also lay concrete runways in time for her arrival.
Syncom 3 was the first geostationary satellite...It was...placed over the equator at 180 degrees longitude in the Pacific Ocean. The satellite provided live television coverage of the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan...
Advise and consent to ratification by the Senate June 21, 1983;
...the PTWC is...the national source of Tsunami Warnings, Watches, Advisories, and Information Bulletins for Hawaii, US possessions, and all other US interests in the Pacific located outside of the continental United States... The PTWC is operated by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Weather Service.[permanent dead link]
Description: A map from 1909 of the Central Pacific islands under United States possession at the time. This series of detailed maps include...Howland and Baker islands...
A Coast Guard C-130 airplane and crew were on patrol in the Howland/Baker EEZ Saturday when the crew spotted a purse seiner...about two miles inside the EEZ.
