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Peale Island

Peale Island is one of three islands in the atoll, which lies in the Pacific Ocean between and . The atoll was, from 1935, the site of a seaplane base and a hotel built by Pan-American, who started the first transpacific passenger service using a string of islands across the Pacific to fly between America and Asia in stages.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: minor islet of Wake Island
  • Also known as: “Hani-Shima” and “Peale Islet”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wake Island Airfield and Wilkes Island.

Aerodrome
Photo: Hohum, Public domain.
is a military air base located on , which is known for the Battle of Wake Island during World War II. It is owned by the U.S.

Island
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a small islet that is part of the , a remote atoll in the Pacific. The island is cut in half by a partially completed World War II submarine channel, and the eastern half is connected to Wake Island by a causeway.

Peale Island

Latitude
19.31123° or 19° 18′ 40″ north
Longitude
166.62415° or 166° 37′ 27″ east
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Open location code
7VF88J6F+FM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 23720422
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
4041682
Wiki­data ID
Q31985226
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Satellite Map

Discover Peale Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Czech—“Peale Island” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Cap Peale”
  • Cebuano: “Peale Island”
  • Czech: “Ostrov Peale”

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Localities in the Area

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Peale Island”. Photo: jafer24, CC BY-SA 2.0.