5. Baker Island
If you think good things come in small packages, this is the isle for you. Baker Island is less than one square mile in total. Nevertheless, this little, reef-fringed, uninhabited, atoll is incredible.
Located halfway between Hawaii and Australia, it is home to a surprising amount of wildlife. So much so, it is an official US National Wildlife Refuge This habitat is visited by at least a dozen species of shorebirds seabirds. Endangered sea turtles reside here too. In 2000 it was deigned part of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument as well.
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