Tonoas Island

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Tonoas Island is one of the main islands in Chuuk Lagoon in the Federated States of Micronesia, historically significant as a former Japanese naval base during World War II.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Tonoas Island canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island ⓘ
populated place ⓘ
adminCenterOf Tonoas Municipality ⓘ
controlledBy Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Japan
controlledDuring World War II ⓘ
country Federated States of Micronesia ⓘ
governedAs municipality of Chuuk State ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Dublon ⓘ
Dublon Island ⓘ
Tonoas ⓘ
Tonoas (Dublon) ⓘ
hasClimate tropical climate ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity fishing ⓘ
small-scale tourism ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
hasFormerName Dublon Island ⓘ
hasHistoricalEvent Allied air raids in 1944 ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance World War II ⓘ
hasHistoricalUse logistics hub for Japanese Navy ⓘ
support base for Truk naval anchorage ⓘ
hasLanguage Chuukese ⓘ
linked to: Chuukese language

English ⓘ
hasNearbyFeature Etten Island ⓘ
Fefan Channel ⓘ
linked to: Fefan

Fefan Island ⓘ
Truk Lagoon shipwrecks ⓘ
linked to: Truk Lagoon wrecks

Weno Island ⓘ
hasRole major Japanese base in Chuuk Lagoon ⓘ
locatedIn Caroline Islands ⓘ
Chuuk Lagoon ⓘ
Chuuk State ⓘ
Micronesia ⓘ
locatedInOcean Pacific Ocean ⓘ
partOf Chuuk Atoll ⓘ
Chuuk Islands ⓘ
linked to: Chuuk State

Federated States of Micronesia ⓘ
Micronesia region ⓘ
linked to: Micronesia
region Oceania ⓘ
strategicImportance major base in central Pacific for Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
timeZone UTC+10 ⓘ
usedAs Japanese military base ⓘ
Japanese naval base ⓘ
wasAdministeredBy Japan ⓘ
wasBombedDuring World War II ⓘ
wasPartOf South Seas Mandate ⓘ
wasPreviouslyColonizedBy Germany ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Chuuk State → hasPart → Tonoas Island ⓘ
Chuuk Lagoon → contains → Tonoas Island ⓘ