US Naval Air Station 1935
US Naval Air Station 1935 is an abandoned airfield in Wake Island. US Naval Air Station 1935 is situated nearby to Wilkes Island, as well as near Peale Island.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wilkes Island and Peale Island.
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.
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.
US Naval Air Station 1935
- Type: Abandoned airfield
- Category: transportation
- Location: Wake Island, Micronesia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
19.309° or 19° 18′ 32″ northLongitude
166.601° or 166° 36′ 4″ eastOpen location code
7VF88J52+H9GeoNames ID
7576595
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