Wake Atoll
Wake Island is a tiny island in Micronesia in the Pacific Ocean, 2/3 of the way from Honolulu to Guam, best known for its role in World War II. It is an unorganized United States territory, with no permanent residents, just members of the U.S. military and civilian contractors who manage the facility.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wake Island Airfield and Peale Island.
Wake Island Airfield
Aerodrome
Photo: Hohum, Public domain.
Wake Island Airfield is a military air base located on Wake Island, which is known for the Battle of Wake Island during World War II. It is owned by the U.S.
Peale Island
Island
Photo: jafer24, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Wilkes Island
Island
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Wilkes Island is a small islet that is part of the Wake Island, 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.
Wake Atoll
- Type: Atoll
- Also known as: “Halcyon Island”, “Mendana Island”, “Oton Jima”, “Otorishina”, “San Francisco Island”, “Wake Island”, and “Wakes Island”
- Category: landform
- Location: Wake Island, Micronesia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
19.29911° or 19° 17′ 57″ northLongitude
166.62393° or 166° 37′ 26″ eastOpen location code
7VF87JXF+JHGeoNames ID
4041684
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Wake Atoll” goes by many names.
- Norwegian: “Wakeøya”
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