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.
  • Island
  • …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (30 feet)
  • Description: minor islet of Wake Island
  • Also known as
    “Hani-Shima”
    “Peale Islet”

Places of Interest

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Latitude
19.31123° or 19° 18′ 40″ north
Longitude
166.62415° or 166° 37′ 27″ east
Open location code
7VF88J6F+FM
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Open­Street­Map feature
natural = coastline
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place = island
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Latvian—“Peale Island” goes by many names.
Cap PealeCatalan
Peale IslandCebuano
Ostrov PealeCzech
Pīla salaLatvian

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