Baker Island

American  

[bey-ker ahy-luhnd] / ˈbeɪ kər ˈaɪ lənd /

noun

1. Formerly Phoebe Island.  Formerly New Nantucket Island.  an island in the central Pacific Ocean near the equator, belonging to the United States. 1 square mile (2.6 square kilometers).

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Example Sentences

The team spotted this deep-sea specter near Baker Island, a half-mile below sea level.

From Scientific American

In the summer of 2015, Ms. Lesnek hopped out of a helicopter into a grassy valley on Baker Island in southeastern Alaska.

From New York Times

Shortly before his death, Russell and his family took a small boat out to Baker Island, a flat rock half-covered by seaweed, four miles off the coast of Maine.

From The New Yorker

Baker Island:   no economic activity Bangladesh:   Despite sustained domestic and international efforts to   improve economic and demographic prospects, Bangladesh remains one   of the world's poorest, most densely populated, and least developed   nations.

From Project Gutenberg

Baker Island:   The US took possession of the island in 1857, and its   guano deposits were mined by US and British companies during the   second half of the 19th century.

From Project Gutenberg