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Wake [ˈweɪk] (marshallesisch Ānen Kio, übersetzt „Insel der Kio-Blume“) ist ein Atoll im westlichen Pazifischen Ozean, zwischen Hawaii und den Nördlichen Marianen, nördlich der Marshallinseln gelegen.
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.
Wake Island, atoll in the central Pacific Ocean, about 2,300 miles west of Honolulu. It is an unincorporated territory of the United States and comprises three coral islets that rise from an underwater volcano to 21 feet above sea level.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Die Schlacht um Wake war eines der ersten Gefechte zwischen Japan und den USA im Pazifikkrieg. Sie begann einen Tag nach dem japanischen Angriff auf Pearl Harbor am 8. Dezember 1941 und endete am 23. Dezember mit dem Sieg der japanischen Angreifer. Die Verteidigung der Insel durch eine weit unterlegene Zahl von Soldaten des US Marine ...
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 Japanese Navy, which ultimately seized the island ...
- In January 1941 the United States began constructing military facilities on Wake Island for use as an advance defensive outpost. By December hundre...
- 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...
- 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...
- The Battle of Wake Island lasted 16 days, from December 8 to December 23, 1941.
- 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...
Composed of a reef-enclosed lagoon, the atoll consists of three coral islands (Peale, Wake and Wilkes), built upon an underwater volcano. The atoll's central lagoon is the volcano crater; the islands are part of the rim. Wake Island, the main or center section of the "wishbone", is much the largest of the three islands. "V"-shaped and pointed ...
Vor 4 Tagen · Wake Island is a US territory in the North Pacific Ocean, with a history of military and commercial use. Learn about its geography, climate, population, economy, and more from the CIA World Factbook.
