Wake Atoll
| Wake Island | |||
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| United States Minor Outlying Islands | |||
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| Motto: "Where America's Day Really Begins" | |||
| Anthem: "The Star-Spangled Banner" | |||
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| Coordinates: 19°18′N 166°38′E / 19.300°N 166.633°ECoordinates: 19°18′N 166°38′E / 19.300°N 166.633°E | |||
| Country | United States | ||
| Status | unorganized, unincorporated territory | ||
| Claimed by U.S. | January 17, 1899 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Body | United States Air Force | ||
| • Civil Administrator | Gordon O. Tanner, General Counsel of the Air Force | ||
| • Island Commander | Captain Allen Jaime, Detachment 1, PACAF Regional Support Center | ||
| Area | |||
| • Land | 2.73 sq mi (7.1 km2) | ||
| • Lagoon | 2 sq mi (6 km2) | ||
| • EEZ | 157,237 sq mi (407,241 km2) | ||
| Highest elevation | 21 ft (6 m) | ||
| Lowest elevation (Pacific Ocean) | 0 ft (0 m) | ||
| Population (2015) | |||
| • Total | c. 94 | ||
| Demonym(s) | Wake Islander | ||
| Time zone | Wake Island Time Zone (UTC+12) | ||
| APO / Zip Code | 96898 | ||
| Currency | US dollar (USD) | ||
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The "98 Rock" on Wilkes Island was carved by a World War II American civilian POW prior to his execution by Japanese Admiral Shigematsu Sakaibara.
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| Location | Pacific Ocean |
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| NRHP Reference # | 85002726 |
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| Added to NRHP | September 16, 1985 |
| Designated NHL | September 16, 1985 |
Wake Island (also known as Wake Atoll) is a coral atoll located in the western Pacific Ocean in the northeastern area of the Micronesia subregion, 1,501 miles (2,416 kilometres) east of Guam, 2,298 miles (3,698 kilometres) west of Honolulu and 1,991 miles (3,204 kilometres) southeast of Tokyo. The island is an unorganized, unincorporated territory of the United States that is also claimed by the Marshall Islands. Wake Island is one of the most isolated islands in the world and the nearest inhabited island is Utirik Atoll in the Marshall Islands, 592 miles (953 kilometres) to the southeast.
Wake Island is administered by the United States Air Force, under an agreement with the Department of the Interior. The center of activity on the atoll is at Wake Island Airfield (IATA: AWK, ICAO: PWAK) which is primarily used as a mid-Pacific refueling stop for military aircraft and as an emergency landing area. The 9,800-foot (3,000 m) runway is the longest strategic runway in the Pacific islands. Located south of the runway is the Wake Island Launch Center, a launch pad of the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site operated by the United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command and the Missile Defense Agency. The Base Operations Support contractor at Wake is Chugach Alaska Corporation. About 94 people live on the island, and access to it is restricted.
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