Howland Island
Howland Island is an uninhabited island in the North Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to Australia. The island has no economic activity.American civilians evacuated in 1942 after Japanese air and naval attacks during World War II; the island was occupied by the US military during World War II, but abandoned after the war. Public entry to the island is by special-use permit from the US Fish and Wildlife Service only and is generally restricted to scientists and educators, though the island is visited annually by the US Fish and Wildlife Service.
Country name:
conventional long form:
none
conventional short form:
Howland Island
Data code: HQ
Dependency status: unincorporated territory of the US; administered from Washington, DC, by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service of the United States Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system.
Flag description: the flag of the US is used
Military - note: defense is the responsibility of the US; visited annually by the US Coast Guard
From the CIA World Factbook 2000.
