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| Capital | administered from Washington, D.C., by the US Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system |
| Government | unincorporated territory of the United States |
| Area | 1.6 sq km |
| Population | No inhabitants since World War II. Visited annually by US Fish and Wildlife Service (July 2002 est.) |
| Internet TLD | .um |
| Time Zone | UTC -12 |
Howland Island is an island in Micronesia region of the Pacific Ocean, about half way between Hawaii and Australia. It is most notable for what didn't happen here: the arrival of Amelia Earhart on her ill-fated around-the-world flight.