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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
9 de abr. de 2024 · Wake Island. Australia and Oceania. Page last updated: April 09, 2024. Photos of Wake Island. view 18 photos. Introduction. Background. 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.
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.
Wake Island: Alamo in the Pacific The day after Pearl Harbor, Japanese forces assaulted the small American-held atoll of Wake Island, 2,300 miles west of Hawaii. The defenders numbered fewer than 1,800 Marines, sailors, soldiers, and civilian contractors.
