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Wake Island

Wake

Wake is a locality in and has about 100 residents.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Wake Island Airfield and Peale Island.

Aerodrome
Photo: Hohum, Public domain.
is a military air base located on , which is known for the Battle of Wake Island during World War II. It is owned by the U.S.

Island
Photo: jafer24, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is one of three islands in the atoll, which lies in the Pacific Ocean between and . 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.

Island
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a small islet that is part of the , 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. is situated 3 km west of Wake.

Wake

Latitude
19.30434° or 19° 18′ 16″ north
Longitude
166.63612° or 166° 38′ 10″ east
Population
100
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
Open location code
7VF88J3P+PC
Geo­Names ID
11695315
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