Marcus Island

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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