Amelia Earhart’s around-the-world flight path
Earhart began her flight
from Oakland on May 20, 1937.
She departed Lae,
Papua New Guinea,
on July 2, 1937.
U.S.
PAPUA
NEW
GUINEA
HAWAII
Equator
She planned to refuel on
Howland Island before
continuing the next day
on Honolulu.
HAWAII
Her last radio transmission
came as she tried but
was unable to find
Howland Island.
Howland
Island
Equator
Recent sonar images of the ocean
floor near Howland Island have
captured an image of what might
be Earhart’s aircraft.
PAPUA
NEW
GUINEA
180°
AUSTRALIA
1,000 MILES
Amelia Earhart’s around-the-world flight path
Earhart began her flight
from Oakland on
May 20, 1937.
She departed Lae,
Papua New Guinea,
on July 2, 1937.
U.S.
PAPUA
NEW
GUINEA
HAWAII
Equator
She planned to refuel on Howland Island before continuing the next day on Honolulu.
HAWAII
Her last radio transmission
came as she tried but
was unable to find
Howland Island.
Howland
Island
Equator
Recent sonar images of the ocean floor near Howland Island have captured an image of what might be Earhart’s aircraft.
PAPUA
NEW
GUINEA
AUSTRALIA
180°
1,000 MILES
Amelia Earhart’s around-the-world flight path
Earhart began her flight
from Oakland on
May 20, 1937.
She departed Lae,
Papua New Guinea,
on July 2, 1937.
U.S.
PAPUA
NEW
GUINEA
HAWAII
Equator
She planned to refuel on Howland Island before continuing the next day on Honolulu.
HAWAII
Her last radio transmission
came as she tried but
was unable to find
Howland Island.
Howland
Island
Equator
PAPUA
NEW
GUINEA
180°
AUSTRALIA
1,000 MILES
Recent sonar images of the ocean floor near Howland Island have captured an image of what might be Earhart’s aircraft.
Amelia Earhart’s
around-the-world flight path
Earhart began her
flight from Oakland
on May 20, 1937.
She departed Lae,
Papua New Guinea,
on July 2, 1937.
U.S.
PAPUA
NEW
GUINEA
HAWAII
Equator
She planned to refuel on Howland Island before continuing the next day on Honolulu.
HAWAII
Her last radio transmission
came as she tried but
was unable to find
Howland Island.
Howland
Island
Equator
PAPUA
NEW
GUINEA
180°
AUSTRALIA
1,000 MILES
Recent sonar images of the ocean floor near Howland Island have captured an image of what might be Earhart’s aircraft.
Times reporting, The Earhart Project
Lorena Iñiguez LOS ANGELES TIMES