Marcus Island

E690428

Marcus Island is a small, isolated Japanese coral atoll in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, notable as Japan’s easternmost territory and a strategic weather and navigation outpost.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Marcus Island canonical 5
Marcus Island region 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese island ⓘ
coral atoll ⓘ
administeredAsPartOf Ogasawara Subprefecture ⓘ
Ogasawara Village ⓘ
administeredBy Tokyo Metropolis ⓘ
linked to: Tokyo Prefecture
area 1.2 square kilometres ⓘ
climate tropical ⓘ
controlledByDuringWorldWarII Japan ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
discoveredBy Andrew Marcus ⓘ
discoveryYear 1855 ⓘ
distanceFromTokyo over 1800 kilometres southeast of Tokyo ⓘ
easternmostPointOf Japan ⓘ
elevation about 9 metres ⓘ
exclusiveEconomicZoneExtent large EEZ around the island ⓘ
formerName Marcus Island ⓘ
geology raised coral platform ⓘ
hasFacility Japan Meteorological Agency station ⓘ
hasNo natural freshwater sources ⓘ
hasRunway short airstrip ⓘ
importantFor Japan’s EEZ claims in the Pacific ⓘ
inhabitedBy rotating teams of personnel only ⓘ
islandType coral atoll ⓘ
JapaneseName Minami-Tori-shima ⓘ
locatedIn Philippine Sea ⓘ
northwestern Pacific Ocean ⓘ
meaningOfJapaneseName "Southern Bird Island" ⓘ
namedAfter Andrew Marcus ⓘ
occupiedByAfterWorldWarII United States ⓘ
partOf Ogasawara Islands ⓘ
permanentCivilianPopulation no ⓘ
population uninhabited ⓘ
region Micronesia (geographical region) ⓘ
linked to: Micronesia
returnedTo Japan ⓘ
returnYearToJapan 1968 ⓘ
romanizedJapaneseName Minamitorishima ⓘ
sovereignState Japan ⓘ
strategicImportance maritime navigation ⓘ
meteorological observation ⓘ
surroundedBy coral reef ⓘ
timezone UTC+9 ⓘ
usedAs navigation outpost ⓘ
weather observation station ⓘ
usedBy Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ⓘ
Japan Meteorological Agency ⓘ
usedDuring World War II ⓘ
vegetation sparse grasses and shrubs ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Minamitorishima → alsoKnownAs → Marcus Island ⓘ
Nanpō Islands → hasSubregion → Marcus Island region ⓘ
linked to: Marcus Island
Kiozaemon Saito → discovered → Marcus Island ⓘ
subject linked to: Japanese sailor Kiozaemon Saito
Minamitorishima → alsoKnownAs → Marcus Island ⓘ
subject linked to: Japanese sailor Kiozaemon Saito
Minami-Tori-shima → hasAlternativeName → Marcus Island ⓘ
Marcus Island → formerName → Marcus Island ⓘ