Peale Island
Peale Island is one of three islands in the Wake Island atoll, which lies in the Pacific Ocean between Guam and Midway. 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.
- Type: Island
- Description: minor islet of Wake Island
- Also known as: “Hani-Shima” and “Peale Islet”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wake Island Airfield.
Wake Island Airfield
Aerodrome
Photo: Hohum, Public domain.Peale Island
- Categories: islet, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Wake Island, Micronesia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
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
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Latvian—“Peale Island” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Cap Peale”
- Cebuano: “Peale Island”
- Czech: “Ostrov Peale”
- Latvian: “Pīla sala”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as United States of America (Minor Outlying Islands), Wake Island (Disputed area USA-MARSHALL ISLANDS).
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Highlights include PAAvillage and Wake Island Memorial Chapel.
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