Wake Island

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Wake Island is a remote coral atoll in the central Pacific Ocean that served as a strategic military outpost, notably during World War II.

All labels observed (9)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States minor outlying island ⓘ
coral atoll ⓘ
unorganized unincorporated territory of the United States ⓘ
administeredBy United States Air Force ⓘ
United States Department of the Air Force ⓘ
annexedBy United States of America ⓘ
annexedDate 1899 ⓘ
area about 2.5 square miles ⓘ
about 6.5 square kilometers ⓘ
attackedBy Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan
battleDate December 1941 ⓘ
claimedBy United States of America ⓘ
claimedDate 1899 ⓘ
climate tropical ⓘ
composedOf Peale Island ⓘ
Wake Islet ⓘ
Wilkes Island ⓘ
coordinates 19.3°N 166.6°E ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
currentUse emergency landing field ⓘ
military airfield ⓘ
defendedBy U.S. Navy personnel ⓘ
United States Marine Corps ⓘ
civilian contractors ⓘ
discoveredBy Alvaro de Mendaña de Neira ⓘ
discoveryDate 1568 ⓘ
elevation about 6 meters above sea level ⓘ
environment low-lying coral environment ⓘ
governedAs United States Minor Outlying Islands ⓘ
ISOCode UM-79 ⓘ
lagoon central lagoon ⓘ
locatedIn Pacific Ocean ⓘ
central Pacific Ocean ⓘ
namedAfter Samuel Wake ⓘ
notableEvent Battle of Wake Island ⓘ
occupationPeriod 1941–1945 ⓘ
occupiedBy Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan
partOf Micronesia ⓘ
United States Minor Outlying Islands ⓘ
population no permanent civilian population ⓘ
populationType temporary military and contractor personnel ⓘ
returnDate 1945 ⓘ
returnedTo United States control ⓘ
runwayLength about 3,000 meters ⓘ
strategicUse air base ⓘ
military outpost ⓘ
refueling stop ⓘ
timeOffset UTC+12 ⓘ
timeZone Wake Island Time ⓘ
typeOfReef coral atoll ⓘ
underJurisdictionOf Office of Insular Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior ⓘ
usedDuring World War II ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (37)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Micronesia → hasPart → Wake Island ⓘ
U.S. Pacific territories → hasMember → Wake Island ⓘ
United States territories → hasPart → Wake Island ⓘ
Central Pacific Ocean → contains → Wake Island region ⓘ
linked to: Wake Island
Micronesian languages → spokenIn → Wake Island ⓘ
Battle of Wake Island → location → Wake Island ⓘ
Brian Donlevy → notableWork → Wake Island ⓘ
William Bendix → notableWork → Wake Island ⓘ
William Bendix → nominatedForWork → Wake Island ⓘ
John Farrow → notableWork → Wake Island ⓘ
Wake Island Time → appliesTo → Wake Island ⓘ
Edmund Grainger → notableWork → Wake Island ⓘ
Wilkes Island → partOf → Wake Island ⓘ
Wilkes Island → partOf → Wake Island Atoll ⓘ
linked to: Wake Island
Wilkes Island → formsPartOf → U.S. territory of Wake Island ⓘ
linked to: Wake Island
Wilkes Island → neighboringIsland → Wake Island (main island) ⓘ
linked to: Wake Island
Spanish Pacific territories → includedTerritory → Wake Island (claimed) ⓘ
linked to: Wake Island
Peale Island → partOf → Wake Island ⓘ
Peale Island → partOf → Wake Island Atoll ⓘ
linked to: Wake Island
Peale Island → togetherWith → Wake Island (main island) ⓘ
linked to: Wake Island
Peale Island → administeredAsPartOf → Wake Island ⓘ
Peale Island → partOfIslandGroup → Wake Island group ⓘ
linked to: Wake Island
Peale Island → hasNearbyMainIsland → Wake Island (main island) ⓘ
linked to: Wake Island
United States Minor Outlying Islands → includesTerritory → Wake Island ⓘ
subject linked to: UMI
VMF-211 → locationDuringEvent → Wake Island ⓘ
Wake Islet → partOf → Wake Island ⓘ
Wake Islet → separatedFrom → Wake Island main island ⓘ
linked to: Wake Island
Wake Islet → belongsToArchipelago → Wake Island atoll ⓘ
linked to: Wake Island
Waldo Brian Donlevy → notableWork → Wake Island ⓘ
Pacific territories → hasMember → Wake Island ⓘ