Baker Island

[ bey-ker ahy-luhnd ]

noun

1. an island in the central Pacific Ocean near the equator, belonging to the United States. 1 square mile (2.6 square kilometers). Formerly New Nan·tuck·et Is·land [noo, nan-, tuhk, -it , ahy, -l, uh, nd, nyoo],.

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: 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

In 1935, a short-lived attempt at colonization began on this island, similar to the effort on nearby Baker Island, but was disrupted by World War II and thereafter abandoned.

From Project Gutenberg