United States of America (Minor Outlying Islands), Wake Island (Disputed area USA-MARSHALL ISLANDS)

United States of America (Minor Outlying Islands), Wake Island (Disputed area USA-MARSHALL ISLANDS) is a locality in .
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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
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.

United States of America (Minor Outlying Islands), Wake Island (Disputed area USA-MARSHALL ISLANDS)

Latitude
19.29686° or 19° 17′ 49″ north
Longitude
166.62627° or 166° 37′ 35″ east
Open location code
7VF87JWG+PG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 42294763
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