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La isla Wake pertenece a la región de Micronesia, que engloba las islas de Palaos, Islas Marshall, Nauru, Kiribati, Islas Marianas del Norte, Estados Federados de Micronesia y la isla Guam. La isla tiene un pequeño puerto marítimo, su propio aeropuerto, cuya pista mide entre 60 y 75 metros.
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 northwestern Pacific Ocean. The atoll is composed of three islets and a reef surrounding a lagoon.
- 13.86 km² (5.35 sq mi)
- 6 m (21 ft)
1 de mar. de 2024 · Wake Island, atoll in the central Pacific Ocean, about 2,300 miles (3,700 km) west of Honolulu. It is an unincorporated territory of the United States and comprises three low-lying coral islets (Wilkes, Peale, and Wake) that rise from an underwater volcano to 21 feet (6 metres) above sea level and are linked by causeways.
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The Battle of Wake Island was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought on Wake Island. The assault began simultaneously with the attack on Pearl Harbor naval and air bases in Hawaii on the morning of 8 December 1941 (7 December in Hawaii), and ended on 23 December, with the surrender of American forces to the Empire ...
- 8–23 December 1941
- Wake Island, U.S. territory
- First attempt: American victory, Second attempt: Japanese victory
12 de mar. de 2024 · Battle of Wake Island, (December 8–23, 1941), during World War II, battle for Wake Island, an atoll consisting of three coral islets (Wilkes, Peale, and Wake) in the central Pacific Ocean. During the battle a small force of U.S. Marines and civilian defenders fought elements of the Imperial.
- Why did the Battle of Wake Island happen?In January 1941 the United States began constructing military facilities on Wake Island for use as an advance defensive outpost. By December hundre...
- Where did the Battle of Wake Island take place?The Battle of Wake Island took place on Wake Island, an atoll in the central Pacific Ocean about 2,000 miles west of Hawaii and 600 miles north of...
- What is the significance of the Battle of Wake Island?Although the Battle of Wake Island ended in a U.S. defeat, the Japanese navy suffered significant losses at the hands of a much smaller American fo...
- How long did the Battle of Wake Island last?The Battle of Wake Island lasted 16 days, from December 8 to December 23, 1941.
- Who won the Battle of Wake Island?The Japanese won the Battle of Wake Island. They lost four ships, one submarine, and some 1,000 lives; just over 100 Americans and Guamanians died...
La isla Wake o Wake Island, hace algún tiempo Halcyon Island, atolón en el Océano Pacífico focal, alrededor de 2.300 millas (3.700 km) al oeste de Honolulu. Es una región no incorporada de los Estados Unidos e incluye tres islotes de coral de baja altitud (Wilkes, Peale y Wake) que ascienden desde un pozo sumergido de lava a 21 pies (6 ...
24 de abr. de 2024 · Wake Island was probably visited by Micronesian and Polynesian settlers, and oral legends tell of periodic voyages to the islands by people from the Marshall Islands. Wake Island was uninhabited when Spanish explorer Alvaro de Mendana de NEYRA became the first European to see it in 1568 and still had no human inhabitants when English captain Samuel WAKE sailed by it in 1796.
