where is howland island
Howland Island is an uninhabited atoll located just north of the equator in the central Pacific Ocean at 0Â°48â² N 176Â°38â² W, about 3,100 km (1,675 nautical miles) southwest of Honolulu. It is about one-half of the way from Hawaii to Australia and is an unincorporated, unorganized territory of the United States.