Midway Atoll
The Midway Islands or Midway Atoll is a wildlife refuge in the north Pacific Ocean, roughly "midway" between the USA and East Asia, just east of the International Date Line.Places of Interest
Highlights include Henderson Field / Midway Atoll Airport.
Henderson Field / Midway Atoll Airport
Aerodrome
Henderson Field is a public airport located on Sand Island in Midway Atoll, an unincorporated territory of the United States. The airport is used as an emergency diversion point for ETOPS operations. Henderson Field / Midway Atoll Airport is situated 2½ km south of Midway Atoll.
Midway Atoll
- Type: Wildlife reserve
- Also known as: “Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge”
- Location: Midway Islands, Polynesia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
28.228° or 28° 13′ 41″ northLongitude
-177.389° or 177° 23′ 20″ westOpen location code
72W46JH6+69GeoNames ID
5854941
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Satellite Map
Discover Midway Atoll from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arpitan to Ukrainian—“Midway Atoll” goes by many names.
- Arpitan: “Iles Midvay”
- Catalan: “Atol Midway”
- Chinese: “中途島”
- Croatian: “Atol Midway”
- Czech: “Midway”
- Danish: “Midwayøerne”
- Dutch: “Midway”
- Esperanto: “Midvejinsuloj”
- Estonian: “Midway saared”
- Finnish: “Midwaysaaret”
- French: “Atoll de Midway”
- Galician: “Midway”
- German: “Midwayinseln”
- Greek: “Ατόλλη Μίντγουαιη”
- Hebrew: “אטול מידווי”
- Hebrew: “אטול מידוויי”
- Hungarian: “Midway-atoll”
- Indonesian: “Atol Midway”
- Italian: “Atollo di Midway”
- Italian: “Isole Midway”
- Japanese: “ミッドウェー島”
- Korean: “미드웨이 섬”
- Norwegian: “Midwayøyene”
- Polish: “Midway”
- Portuguese: “Atol Midway”
- Russian: “Мидуэй”
- Serbian: “Мидвеј”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Atol Midway”
- Slovak: “Midway”
- Spanish: “Islas Midway”
- Swedish: “Midwayöarna”
- Turkish: “Midway Adası”
- Ukrainian: “Мідвей”
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