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Wake Island, atoll in the central Pacific Ocean, about 2,300 miles west of Honolulu. It is an unincorporated territory of the United States and comprises three coral islets that rise from an underwater volcano to 21 feet above sea level.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Wake Island (Marshallese: Ānen Kio, lit. 'island of the kio flower '), also known as Wake Atoll, is a coral atoll in the Micronesia subregion of the Pacific Ocean. The atoll is composed of three islets and a reef surrounding a lagoon.
Categories: atoll, insular area of the United States, unincorporated territory of the United States, coastline and locality; Location: Micronesia, Oceania; View on OpenStreetMap
The largest island, Wake Island, is the center of activity on the atoll and is the location of Wake Island Airfield (IATA: AWK, ICAO: PWAK), which has a 9,800-foot (3,000 m) runway.
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The closest uninhabited island to Wake Island is Bokak Atoll, which is 348 miles away in the Marshall Islands. This location places the atoll in the UTC+12 time zone, which is nearly one day ahead of all 50 US states. Despite being called an island, it is more accurately described as an atoll that consists of three islets: Wake Islet (553.22 ha), W...
The United States Air Force assumed governing responsibility of Wake Island on June 24, 1972. Under the Wake Island Code, the Secretary of the Air Force has delegated leadership of the island to the General Counsel of the Air Force. The role of the general counsel is to provide legal, judicial, and civil authority. In addition, counsel can select j...
Wake Island serves as a refueling stop for the US Air Force, as well as an emergency landing zone for commercial aircraft. The airfield is capable of handling the refueling of more than 30 types of aircraft, including the C-130 and C-5, and is used by an average of 800 aircraft each year. In addition to its airfield, Wake Island has a harborlocated...
- Ferdinand Bada
The United States took possession of Wake Island at the commencement of its flirtation with imperialism in 1898. Devoid of human inhabitants or potable water, the place hardly seemed worth the trouble. From the sky, the atoll resembled a broken wishbone, with its three misshapen islets named Wake, Wilkes, and Peale.
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Wake Island map showing the three component islands and surrounding reef that make up the US territory in the North Pacific Ocean.
