United States
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
8m
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.
Plan the trip
Ferries, stays and things to do
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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.
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.
Nearby
More islands nearby.
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 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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