Editing Howland Island (section)

==Earhart Light==
{{Infobox lighthouse | qid = Q20932641
| shape = cylindrical tower, no lantern<ref>{{Cite rowlett|umi|access-date=2016-11-07}}</ref>
| marking = white and black horizontal bands (originally)
}}

Colonists sent to the island in the mid-1930s to establish possession by the United States, built the Earhart Light {{nowrap|({{Coord|0|48|20.48|N|176|37|8.55|W|type:landmark_region:UM-84_source:gnis-1393033|name=Earhart Light}})}}, named after [[Amelia Earhart]], as a [[day beacon]] or navigational landmark. It is shaped like a short [[lighthouse]]. It was constructed of white sandstone with painted black bands and a black top meant to be visible several miles out to sea during daylight hours. It is located near the boat landing in the middle of the west coast, near Itascatown. The beacon was partially destroyed early in World War II by Japanese attacks but was rebuilt in the early 1960s by men from the U.S. Coast Guard ship ''[[USCGC Blackhaw (WLB-390)|Blackhaw]]''.<ref>[http://www.uscg.mil/d14/units/kukui/Howland%20Island.htm "Voyage to Howland Island of the USCGC ''Kukui''."] ''US Coast Guard.'' Retrieved: October 10, 2010.</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=August 17, 1963 |title=Earhart Beacon Shines From Lonely Island |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19630817&id=wpYzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DOMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6634,3172509 |work=[[Eugene Register-Guard]] |pages=3B |via=[[Google News]]}}</ref> By 2000, the beacon was reported to be crumbling, and it had not been repainted in decades.<ref>{{cite uscghist|PACIFIC}}</ref>

[[Ann Pellegreno]] overflew the island in 1967, and [[Linda Finch]] did so in 1997 during memorial circumnavigation flights to commemorate Earhart's 1937 world flight. No landings were attempted, but Pellegreno and Finch flew low enough to drop a wreath on the island.<ref>{{harvnb|Safford|Warren|Payne|2003|pp=76–77}}</ref>