Last documented flight position near Howland
· Central Pacific Ocean, near Howland Island
Wikimedia Commons · Public domain. · file During the final approach, Earhart reported by radio that the aircraft was near Itasca but could not locate it; contact was subsequently lost. Exact final position is unknown. Coordinate is the defensible representative point of Howland Island, near the documented Itasca support station; it does not assert that Earhart reached the island.
