Japanese Wake Landing Sites WW2
Japanese Wake Landing Sites WW2 is a battlefield in Wake Island. Japanese Wake Landing Sites WW2 is situated nearby to the aerodrome Wake Island Airfield, as well as near Wilkes Island.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wake Island Airfield and Peale Island.
Wake Island Airfield
Aerodrome
Photo: Hohum, Public domain.
Wake Island Airfield is a U.S 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. Peale Island is situated 3½ km north of Japanese Wake Landing Sites WW2.
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. Wilkes Island is situated 3½ km northwest of Japanese Wake Landing Sites WW2.
Japanese Wake Landing Sites WW2
- Type: Battlefield
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Wake Island, Micronesia, Oceania
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Latitude
19.27927° or 19° 16′ 45″ northLongitude
166.63526° or 166° 38′ 7″ eastOpen location code
7VF87JHP+P4GeoNames ID
7576600
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