Wake Island - 威克岛

Wake IslandIt is a small island in the Marshall Islands and an atoll in the North Pacific. The coastline is 19 kilometers long, aboutHawaiitoNorthern Mariana IslandsTwo-thirds of the voyage. Because it is west of the international date line, it’s better thanAmericaAs early as 50 states, UTC 12 standard time is used. Wake Island is an unincorporated territory of the United States. It covers an area of ​​6.5 square kilometers. It is composed of three small reef islands, Wake, Wilkes and Peel. It is 2060 kilometers west of Guam and has an important strategic position. It is known as the "stepping stone of the Pacific." The temporary population of Wake Island includes hundreds of American soldiers, civilian personnel, some foreign workers and military contractors. Food and industrial products are completely imported.

Wake Island’s postal and telephone system is Hawaii (Zip code 96898, telephone area code 1-808), and statistically it belongs to one of the "United States Minor Outlying Islands" (ISO 3166-1 country code UM) ).

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There were no inhabitants on Wake Island, and it was first discovered by a Spanish expedition in 1568. In 1796, the British captain William Wick officially marked the island and named it after him. After that, the island fell into oblivion until the U.S. Navy rebuilt the original island in 1841. In 1899, the US government formally took the island as its own. In 1935 Wake Island was placed under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Navy and commercial seaplane bases and hotels were established on the island to provide services for Pan American airliners across the Pacific. Wake Island was occupied by Japan during World War II. In 1962, the United States built a modern airport on the island and transferred it to the Ministry of the Interior, but it was actuallyAmericaAir force jurisdiction. The laying of a new submarine cable was completed in 1964. The island orHonoluluwithGuamThe connection point of the submarine cable. In 1972, the island was taken over by the U.S. Department of Defense, and the Air Force General Counsel was authorized by the civil side, and the Wake Island Garrison Commander was his agent. It was used as a missile test base in 1974 and hosted refugees from the Vietnam War in 1975. From the mid-1970s to the present, Wake Island has always been an emergency landing backup airport for military and civilian aircraft.HonoluluarriveTokyowithGuamGas station.

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