Baker Island /ˈbeɪkər/ is an uninhabitit atoll locatit juist north o the equator in the central Paceefic Ocean aboot 3,090 km (1,920 mi) southwest o Honolulu. The island lies awmaist haufway atween Hawaii an Australie. Its nearest neighbour is Howland Island, 42 mi (68 km) tae the north-northwast; baith hae been territories o the Unitit States syne 1857, tho the Unitit Kinrick conseedered them pairt o the Breetish Empire atween 1897 an 1936.