Wake Island

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Wake_Island
GPTKB entity
AI-created image of Wake Island
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Statements (35)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:island
unincorporated territory
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:area 6.5 km²
gptkbp:climate tropical
gptkbp:coralAtoll true
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Alvaro_de_Mendaña
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1568
gptkbp:governedBy gptkb:U.S._Department_of_the_Air_Force
gptkbp:hasAirport gptkb:Wake_Island_Airfield
gptkbp:hasLagoon true
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Wake Island
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code UM-79
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkbp:mainIslands gptkb:Wilkes
gptkb:Peale
gptkb:Wake
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Samuel_Wake
gptkbp:notableFor World War II history
strategic location
gptkbp:occupationPeriod 1941-1945
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States_Minor_Outlying_Islands
gptkbp:population non-permanent
gptkbp:postalCode 96898
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Wake_Island
1941
gptkbp:timezone gptkb:Wake_Island_Time_(UTC+12)
gptkbp:usedFor gptkb:airport
gptkb:military
emergency landing site
gptkbp:wasOccupiedBy gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Micronesia
gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkb:Minor_Outlying_Islands
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4