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 Wake Island - FreeEncyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Wake Island (the local name is EnenKio) is a 6.5 sq kilometer atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to the Northern Mariana Islands.
It was annexed by the United States on January 17, 1899, in 1935 became a commercial air base on the route to Asia, and later served as a U.S. military base.
In December 1941 Wake Island was seized by the Japanese.
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 Encyclopedia: Wake Island
Wake Island (also known as Wake Atoll) is a coral atoll (having a coastline of 19.3 kilometers) in the North Pacific Ocean, located about two-thirds of the way from Honolulu (2,300 statute miles or 3,700 km west) to Guam (1,510 miles or 2,430 km east).
Although Wake is officially called an island in the singular form, it is actually an atoll comprised of three islands (Wake, Wilkes, and Peale) surrounding a central lagoon.
Wake Island was annexed by the United States on January 17, 1899.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Wake-Island   (7772 words)

  
 Norfolk Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Norfolk Island pine, also pictured in the flag, is a very striking evergreen tree endemic to the island and is quite popular in Australia, where two related species grow.
The vegetation of Philip Island was devastated due to the introduction of pest animals such as pigs and rabbits, giving it a red-brown colour as viewed from Norfolk; however, pest control and remediation work by park staff has recently brought some improvement to the Philip Island environment.
The population of Norfolk Island was estimated in July 2003 to be 1,853, with an annual population growth rate of 0.01%.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Economy_of_Norfolk_Island   (3817 words)

  
 Wake Island   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Wake Island is used for a military crossroad for ships and airplanes crossing the Pacific.
Wake Island has no fresh water, and the vegetation is mostly shrubs and bushes.
Wake Island - CIA World Factbook - There is information on the flag, the government, the economy, the climate, and the languages of the Wake Islands.
www.slc.k12.ut.us /webweavers/lindam/listwakeisla.html   (146 words)

  
 Wake Island on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Wake Island was discovered by the Spanish in 1568, visited by the British in 1796 and named after Capt. William Wake, and annexed by the United States in 1898.
The island became (1935) a commercial air base on the route to Asia and later served as a U.S. military base.
In Dec., 1941, Wake Island was seized by the Japanese.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/W/WakeI1sl.asp   (608 words)

  
 1000Countries.com: Wake Island II: wake island, WAKE ISLAND   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Wake Island is a possession of the United States under the control of the Department of the Interior...
WAKE ISLAND Wake is a V-shaped atoll in the northwestern Pacific, north of the Marshall Islands and lying between Midway and Guam.
Wake Island RailGallirallus wakensis was endemic to scrub on Wake Island in the central Pacific Ocean...
www.1000countries.com /countries_of_the_world/wake_island_2.html   (2648 words)

  
 richard's ramblings...: History of Wake Island...
Despite its lack of agriculture or an economy, the island is rich in historical significance, warranting a lengthy and subsequently fascinating lesson on the history of Wake Atoll.
Wake Island did not fall within the boundaries of the treaty as it is located at 166 degrees of longitude east of Greenwich.
This finding directly contradicts the common opinion that Wake Island was included in the spoils of war between the United States and Spain as shared by such historians as Stanley K. Schultz, Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin, but the language of the treaty is indisputable.
www.richardsramblings.com /archives/2002/09/000164.html   (7880 words)

  
 Wake Island
Wake Island, about halfway between Midway and Guam, is an atoll consisting of the three islets of Wilkes, Peale, and Wake.
In 1938, Pan American Airways established a seaplane base, and Wake Island was used as a commercial base for several years.
Wake Island - Wake Island, atoll with three islets (Wake, Wilkes, and Peale), 3 sq mi (7.8 sq km), central...
www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0113957.html   (227 words)

  
 1Up Travel > Wake Island (Atoll) > Travel & Tourism | Tourist Guide to Wake Island (Atoll)
Government and Politics in Wake Island (Atoll) - Profiles the country name, government type, administrative divisions, independence, national holiday, constitution, legal system, suffrage, executive, legislative, and judicial branches, political parties and leaders, and a flag description of Wake Island (Atoll).
Economy of Wake Island (Atoll) - Study the GDP, growth rate, per capita, inflation, labor, budget, industries, exports, imports, currency, exchange rates, and economy of Wake Island (Atoll)
Flags of Wake Island (Atoll) - Uncover the flag images and description of the flag of Wake Island (Atoll).
www.1uptravel.com /international/oceaniapacific/wake-island-atoll   (487 words)

  
 electrical goods   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The economy of Wake Island from the CIA Factbook.
The economy of Andorra from the CIA Factbook.
The economy of Botswana from the CIA Factbook.
www.said.net /directory/electrical-goods_5.html   (391 words)

  
 Wake Island
Terrain: Atoll of three coral islands built up on an underwater volcano; central lagoon is former crater, islands are part of the rim.
Note: US military personnel have left the island, but contractor personnel remain; as of October 2001, 200 contractor personnel were present.
Economy overview: Economic activity is limited to providing services to contractors located on the island.
www.paulnoll.com /Locations/visiting-Wake-Island.html   (322 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The former is properly entitled the "Black-footed Albatross"; the latter, the "Laysan Albatross," "Midway Islands," Fred C. Hadden, undated, hereinafter cited as Hadden.
Progress of Everton's detachment on Eastern Island was such that, immediately after the U.S.S. ENTERPRISE had delivered Marine Fighting Squadron 211 to Wake for a similar role, the U. LEXINGTON embarked VMSB-231 for Midway on 5 December, with the intention of flying off the squadron on the morning of 7 December.
The two Eastern Island batteries assigned to Captain Burton were located side by side on the south shore of the island, near the western tip, and the Sand Island 3-inch Navy battery was to be set up hard by the Cable Station, along the north shore of Sand Island.
www.au.af.mil /au/awc/awcgate/usmchist/midway.txt   (19534 words)

  
 Wake Island travel guide
Wake Island travel guide - The best resource for sights, hotels, restaurants, bars, what to do and what to see
Wake Island, part of the United States is located in the Pacific Ocean and uninhabited.
Wake Island's flag is the flag of the United States.
www.world66.com /australiaandpacific/wakeisland   (171 words)

  
 WWII Campaigns: Central Pacific
The Central Pacific was equally important to the United States as the path of military advance postulated in the ORANGE plans developed by the Joint Board, composed of planners from the Army General Staff and the General Board of the Navy, during the 1920s and 1930s.
The attack on the Gilbert Islands would be the first experience in amphibious operations for United States forces in the Central Pacific, and the transition from a defensive to an offensive role required many adjustments in organization and attitude.
The assault troops were also surprised to learn that even though they were approaching the beach at high tide as planned, a miscalculation of the depth of the lagoon caused their small boats to go aground, forcing them to cover the final 250 yards to the beach in waist-deep water.
www.army.mil /cmh-pg/brochures/72-4/72-4.htm   (6932 words)

  
 Dictionary wake   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
, backwash -- the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event); "the aftermath of war"; "in the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured"
, backwash -- the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward; "the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe"
, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse -- cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."
www.dictionarydefinition.net /wake.html   (190 words)

  
 Wake is Exposed as a Marshallese atoll named Eneen-Kio
Overview: Many islands and groups of islands, generally associated to one another by culture and heritage of their native Pacific or Caribbean inhabitants, were "named" by foreign explorers during the pre-20th Century era of discovery and colonial conquest.
This factual representation is inspired by the desire of a people to regain their land and hold on to memories of traditions in the context of a free state.
Terrain: atoll of three coral islands composed of sand and coralline limestone, part of the rim of an ancient underwater volcanic mountain; central lagoon is the former caldera crater, islands are arranged in a wishbone shape pointing southeast; eastern one-third of lagoon dries at low tide.
www.enenkio.org /wq.htm   (1202 words)

  
 Wake Island | Oceania | Regional   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Geography and Map of Wake Island - Includes geographic coordinates, land boundaries, maritime claims, elevation extremes, population, economy overview, communications, and trans-national issues.
Wake Island Flag - Flag and history of Wake Islands.
Wake Island Photo Album - Pictures of the Island, including many World War II snaps.
www.zodp.com /Regional/Oceania/Wake_Island   (177 words)

  
 Islands' economy may slow in wake of attacks - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
Islands' economy may slow in wake of attacks - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
The immediate loss of air travel, cancellation of at least one pending corporate summit, and disruption of hotel business is sure to cost millions of dollars in the near future.
As it stands, the Hawai'i economy may be too strong to push into a recession this year, Laney and other economists said.
the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2001/Sep/12/bz/bz02a.html   (795 words)

  
 Wake Island - Flag - Introduction - Background
Wake Island - Flag - Introduction - Background
The US annexed Wake Island in 1899 for a cable station.
In December 1941, the island was captured by the Japanese and held until the end of World War II.
www.exxun.com /WakeIsland/a_fg.html   (356 words)

  
 World Factbook 2000 [F] - WAKE ISLAND (by the CIA)
Population: no indigenous inhabitants note: US military personnel have left the island, but some civilian personnel remain (July 2000 est.)
Data code: WQ Dependency status: unincorporated territory of the US; administered from Washington, DC by the Department of the Interior; occasional activities on the island are managed by the US Army under a US Air Force contract
Military - note: defense is the responsibility of the US Wake Island: Transnational Issues
www.authorama.com /world-2000-f-17.html   (405 words)

  
 1000Countries.com: Wake Island: population, area, statistics, maps, flags, religions, languages, information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
1000Countries.com: Wake Island: population, area, statistics, maps, flags, religions, languages, information
We have been carrying US government pages since the inception of our Internet presence in 1996.
note: US military personnel have left the island, but contractor personnel remain; as of October 2001, 200 contractor personnel were present (July 2004 est.)
www.1000countries.com /wake_island.html   (479 words)

  
 Wake Island Information and Online Map - Map Town Ltd.
Wake Island Information and Online Map - Map Town Ltd.
Location: Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to the Northern Mariana Islands
Dependency status: unincorporated territory of the US; administered from Washington, DC by the Department of the Interior; occasional activities on the island are managed by the US Army under a US Air Force contract
www.maptown.com /geos/wakeisland.html   (260 words)

  
 Home > Directory > Local, Regional & World > Oceania > Wake Island > Business & Economy
Forum for survivors and evacuees, families and friends, and anyone else wishing to help during the crisis left in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
Skaffe.com is a volunteer edited directory of the best family safe websites on the World Wide Web.
Sites can be submitted via our Express Review Service where, for a small fee, site submissions are reviewed in 24 hours.
www.skaffe.com /index.php?substat=true&CatID=71747   (383 words)

  
 Wake Island Economy
Wake Island Economy - key figures and sources of income
Economy—overview: Economic activity is limited to providing services to contractors located on the island.
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www.world66.com /australiaandpacific/wakeisland/economy   (69 words)

  
 The World Factbook 2004 -- Wake Island
atoll of three coral islands built up on an underwater volcano; central lagoon is former crater, islands are part of the rim
unincorporated territory of the US; administered from Washington, DC, by the Department of the Interior; activities on the island are managed by the US Air Force
This page was last updated on 19 October, 2004
www.brainyatlas.com /geos/wq.html   (290 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook -- Wake Island
CIA - The World Factbook -- Wake Island
note: US military personnel have left the island, but contractor personnel remain; as of October 2001, 200 contractor personnel were present (July 2003 est.)
Economic activity is limited to providing services to contractors located on the island.
www.factbook.org /factbook/wq.shtml   (334 words)

  
 WEB :: Wake Island
A good collection of travel guides (hotels, restaurants) with interactive maps and databases.
Information about the Island's geography, its people, communications, transportation, military and economy.
Includes geographic coordinates, land boundaries, maritime claims, elevation extremes, population, economy overview, communications, and trans-national issues.
www.categoryweb.com /Top/Regional/Oceania/Wake_Island   (79 words)

  
 Estimates of Global, Regional, and National Annual CO2 Emissions from Fossil-Fuel Burning, Hydraulic Cement Prduction, ...
Because there are only small amounts of conversion among fuel forms, this seems to remain a useful accounting procedure in spite of a few misleading numbers.
Data for Wake Island, for example, show large imports of liquid fuels and nearly the same values for bunker loadings.
Calculations show that per-capita CO consumption on Wake Island has been two-to-four times that in the United States since 1960, but with 95% of energy petroleum products allocated to bunker loadings it doesn't take much of a distortion in either the import or bunker numbers to produce a major change in the per-capita consumption number.
cdiac.esd.ornl.gov /epubs/ndp/ndp030/ndp0301.htm   (6430 words)

  
 Studies in Intelligence   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
He had a well-known disregard for the Chinese as soldiers, and this became the tenet of the Far Eastern Command (FEC).
The intelligence leadership in both Washington and Tokyo did not alert either President Truman or MacArthur, who were about to meet on Wake Island to discuss the conduct of the war.
The following day, the CIA Daily Summary carried a report from the 8th Army stating that its elements were in contact with two PLA regiments, and that a POW claimed the Chinese entered Korea on 16 October.
www.odci.gov /csi/studies/fall_winter_2001/article06.html   (5142 words)

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