Land Area and Territorial Claim
Howland and Baker are separated by 37 nautical miles (69 km; 43 mi). Were Howland and Baker separate EEZs, the 200 nautical-mile EEZ radius for either of the two islands would overlap with 80% of the EEZ for the other island. As a combined area, this one EEZ is 4% of the total U.S. coastline (425,000 km2 out of 11,300,000 km2), larger than that for the Republic of South Korea or Cuba.
The Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument extends out 50 nautical miles (58 mi; 93 km) from each island.
As per the 2009 presidential proclamation, the National Wildlife Refuge extends out 12 nautical miles (14 mi; 22 km) from each island.
The islands combined are 855 acres (1.336 sq mi; 3.46 km2) of uninhabited land. In contrast, Central Park in New York City covers 805 acres (1.258 sq mi; 3.26 km2) and has 38 million visitors annually.
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