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Midway Islands

The Midway Islands or Midway Atoll is a wildlife refuge in the north Pacific Ocean, roughly "midway" between the and , just east of the International Date Line.
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  • Type: Island with 40 residents
  • Description: atoll of the United States Minor Outlying Islands
  • Also known as: “Midway”, “Midway Atoll”, and “Midway Island”

Midway Islands

Latitude of center
28.2087° or 28° 12′ 31″ north
Longitude of center
-177.3786° or 177° 22′ 43″ west
Population
40
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
United Nations Location Code
UM MDY
Open­Street­Map ID
node 522248134
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
5854943
Wiki­data ID
Q47863
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Midway Islands” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Midway Atoll”
  • Afrikaans: “Midway-atol”
  • Afrikaans: “Midway-eiland”
  • Afrikaans: “Midway”
  • Albanian: “Miduej”
  • Arabic: “جزر ميدواي”
  • Arabic: “جزر ميدوي المرجانية”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة ميدواي المرجانية”
  • Armenian: “Միդուեյ”
  • Arpitan: “Iles Midvay”
  • Asturian: “Isles Midway”
  • Asturian: “Islles Midway”
  • Azerbaijani: “Miduey rifi”
  • Basque: “Midway atoloia”
  • Basque: “Midway”
  • Bavarian: “Midwayinseln”
  • Belarusian: “Астравы Мідуэй”
  • Belarusian: “Атол Мідуэй”
  • Belarusian: “Мідуэй”
  • Belarusian: “Мідўэй”
  • Bengali: “মিডওয়ে”
  • Bosnian: “Atol Midway”
  • Bosnian: “Midway Atoll”
  • Bosnian: “Ostrva Midway”
  • Breton: “Atoll Midway”
  • Breton: “Enez Midway”
  • Breton: “Inizi Midway”
  • Bulgarian: “Мидуей”
  • Bulgarian: “Острови Мидуей”
  • Catalan: “Atol de Midway”
  • Catalan: “Atol Midway”
  • Catalan: “Illes Midway”
  • Catalan: “Midway”
  • Cebuano: “Midway Islands”
  • Chechen: “Мидуэй”
  • Chinese: “Midway Khoân-chiau”
  • Chinese: “中途岛”
  • Chinese: “中途島”
  • Cornish: “Enesik Midway”
  • Croatian: “Atol Midway”
  • Croatian: “Otočje Midway”
  • Czech: “Midwajské ostrovy”
  • Czech: “Midway Islands”
  • Czech: “Midway”
  • Czech: “Midwayské ostrovy”
  • Czech: “Ostrovy Midway”
  • Danish: “Midwayøerne”
  • Dutch: “MID”
  • Dutch: “Midway Eilanden”
  • Dutch: “Midway-eilanden”
  • Dutch: “Midway”
  • Dutch: “Midwayeilanden”
  • Esperanto: “Midvejatolo”
  • Esperanto: “Midvejinsulo”
  • Esperanto: “Midvejinsuloj”
  • Estonian: “Midway atoll”
  • Estonian: “Midway saar”
  • Estonian: “Midway saared”
  • Faroese: “Midwayoy”
  • Faroese: “Midwayoyggjar”
  • Finnish: “Midwaysaaret”
  • Finnish: “Midwaysaari”
  • French: “Atoll de Midway”
  • French: “Atoll Midway”
  • French: “Île Midway”
  • French: “Îles de Midway”
  • French: “îles Midway”
  • French: “Îles Midway”
  • French: “Midway Atoll”
  • French: “Midway Island”
  • French: “Midway Islands”
  • French: “Midway”
  • Galician: “Atol de Midway”
  • Galician: “Illas Midway”
  • Georgian: “მიდუეი”
  • German: “Midway-Atoll”
  • German: “Midway-Inseln”
  • German: “Midwayinseln”
  • German: “Pihemanu”
  • German: “UM-71”
  • Greek: “Ατόλη Μίντγουαιη”
  • Greek: “Ατόλλη Μίντγουαιη”
  • Greek: “Μίντγουαιη”
  • Guianese Creole French: “Zil Midway”
  • Gujarati: “મિડવે”
  • Hawaiian: “Pihemanu Kauihelani”
  • Hawaiian: “Pihemanu”
  • Hebrew: “אטול מידוואי”
  • Hebrew: “אטול מידווי”
  • Hebrew: “אטול מידוויי”
  • Hebrew: “איי מידווי”
  • Hindi: “मिडवे एटोल”
  • Hindi: “मिडवे”
  • Hungarian: “Midway-atoll”
  • Hungarian: “Midway-szigetek”
  • Icelandic: “Midway-eyja”
  • Icelandic: “Midway-rif”
  • Icelandic: “Midwayeyja”
  • Ido: “Atolo Midway”
  • Ido: “Midway Atolo”
  • Ido: “Midway-atolo”
  • Indonesian: “Atol Midway”
  • Indonesian: “Atoll Midway”
  • Indonesian: “Kepulauan Midway”
  • Indonesian: “Midway Atoll”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Midway”
  • Italian: “Atollo di Midway”
  • Italian: “Isole Midway”
  • Japanese: “ミッドウェー島”
  • Japanese: “ミッドウェー環礁”
  • Japanese: “ミッドウェー諸島”
  • Japanese: “ミッドウェイ島”
  • Japanese: “ミッドウェイ諸島”
  • Javanese: “Atol Midway”
  • Kannada: “ಮಿಡ್‌ವೇ”
  • Kazakh: “Мидуэй”
  • Kirghiz: “Мидуэй атоллу”
  • Korean: “미드웨이 섬”
  • Korean: “미드웨이 제도”
  • Korean: “미드웨이 환초”
  • Korean: “미드웨이”
  • Korean: “미드웨이섬”
  • Latvian: “Midveja atols”
  • Latvian: “Midveja salas”
  • Latvian: “Pihemanu”
  • Ligurian: “Isoe Midway”
  • Limburgan: “Midwayeilenj”
  • Literary Chinese: “中途島”
  • Lithuanian: “Midvėjaus atolas”
  • Lithuanian: “Midvėjaus salos”
  • Luxembourgish: “Midwayinselen”
  • Macedonian: “Мидвејски Атол”
  • Malay: “Atol Midway”
  • Malayalam: “മിഡ്‌വേ അറ്റോൾ നാഷണൽ വൈൽഡ്‌ലൈഫ് റെഫ്യൂജ്”
  • Malayalam: “മിഡ്‌വേ പവിഴദ്വീപുകൾ”
  • Marathi: “मिडवे अटॉल”
  • Marathi: “मिडवे एटॉल”
  • Marathi: “मिडवे द्वीप”
  • Marathi: “मिडवे द्वीपसमूह”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Midway Khoân-chiau”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Midway”
  • Mingrelian: “მიდუეი”
  • Mongolian: “Мидвей”
  • Nepali: “मिडवे अटोल”
  • Northern Frisian: “Midway Eilunen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Midway Islands”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Midway”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Midwayøyene”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Midway Atoll”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Midway-atollen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Midwayatollen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Midwayøyane”
  • Norwegian: “Midwayøyene”
  • Persian: “آب‌سنگ مرجانی میدوی”
  • Persian: “جزایر میدوی”
  • Persian: “جزیره مرجانی میدوی”
  • Persian: “جزیرهٔ مرجانی میدوی”
  • Polish: “Midway”
  • Polish: “Wyspy Midway”
  • Portuguese: “Atol de midway”
  • Portuguese: “Atol Midway”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha midway”
  • Portuguese: “Ilhas Midway”
  • Portuguese: “Midway atoll”
  • Portuguese: “UM-71”
  • Portuguese: “US-71”
  • Romanian: “Atolul Midway”
  • Romanian: “Insula Midway”
  • Russian: “атолл Мидуэй”
  • Russian: “Атолл Мидуэй”
  • Russian: “Мидуэй острова”
  • Russian: “Мидуэй, острова”
  • Russian: “Мидуэй”
  • Russian: “Острова Мидуэй”
  • Sardinian: “Atollu Midway”
  • Serbian: “Атол Мидвеј”
  • Serbian: “Мидвеј Атол”
  • Serbian: “Мидвеј”
  • Serbian: “Мидвејска острва”
  • Serbian: “Острво Мидвеј”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Atol Midvej”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Atol Midway”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Midvej Atol”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Midway Atol”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Midway Otoci”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Midway Otočje”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Midway”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ostrva Midvej”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ostrvo Midvej”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Otočje Midway”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Otok Midway”
  • Shan: “မိတ်ႉဝေးဢထေႃး”
  • Sicilian: “Atollu di Midway”
  • Sicilian: “Midway Atoll”
  • Sinhala: “මිඩ්වේ ඇටෝල්”
  • Sinhala: “මිඩ්වේ”
  • Slovak: “Midway”
  • Slovak: “Midwayské ostrovy”
  • Slovenian: “Midway”
  • Slovenian: “Midwayski atol”
  • Spanish: “Archipielago Midway”
  • Spanish: “Archipiélago Midway”
  • Spanish: “Atolon Midway”
  • Spanish: “Atolón Midway”
  • Spanish: “Islas Middlebrooks”
  • Spanish: “Islas Midway”
  • Spanish: “Midway Islands”
  • Spanish: “Midway”
  • Sundanese: “Atol Midway”
  • Swedish: “Midwayöarna”
  • Swedish: “Pihemanu”
  • Swiss German: “D Midwayinsle”
  • Tagalog: “Midway”
  • Tajik: “Мидуэй”
  • Tamil: “மிட்வே அடால்”
  • Tamil: “மிட்வே தீவுகள்”
  • Tatar: “Мидуэй Атоллы”
  • Telugu: “మిడ్వే”
  • Thai: “เกาะมิดเวย์”
  • Thai: “มิดเวย์อะทอลล์”
  • Thai: “หมู่เกาะมิดเวย์”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “Mitiuē”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Midwayinseln”
  • Turkish: “Midway Adaları”
  • Turkish: “Midway Adası”
  • Turkish: “Midway Atolü”
  • Turkmen: “Midueý”
  • Ukrainian: “атол Мідвей”
  • Ukrainian: “Атол Мідвей”
  • Ukrainian: “Мідвей”
  • Ukrainian: “Острови Мідуей”
  • Urdu: “جزیرہ مڈوے”
  • Uzbek: “Midway”
  • Venetian: “atoło Midway”
  • Vietnamese: “Đảo Midway”
  • Vietnamese: “Đảo Mít-uây”
  • Vietnamese: “Đảo san hô Midway”
  • Vietnamese: “Đảo san hô vòng Midway”
  • Vietnamese: “Midway”
  • Vietnamese: “Quần đảo Midway”
  • Vietnamese: “Rạn san hô vòng Midway”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kapuropod-an Midway”
  • Western Frisian: “Midway”
  • Western Panjabi: “جزیرہ مڈوے”
  • Wu Chinese: “中途岛”
  • Xhosa: “Midway Atoll”
  • Yue Chinese: “中途島”

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