Atlas: Expeditions Through Time

Place

Howland Island

The intended central Pacific refuelling stop that Earhart and Noonan did not reach.

Coordinates0.81, -176.62

Related expeditions

1 June 1937–2 July 1937

Earhart’s 1937 World Flight

Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan flew an equatorial route around most of the world before disappearing between Lae and Howland Island.

Sources and further reading

  1. Amelia Earhart, National Air and Space Museum. World-flight route, chronology, aircraft, and disappearance.
  2. Wikidata Geographic Coordinates, Wikimedia Foundation and Wikidata contributors. CC0 geographic coordinates used to verify unambiguous named places during the July 2026 coordinate audit. This source supports contemporary point placement only, not historical route or chronology claims.
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