Midway Atoll (colloquial: Midway Islands; Hawaiian: Kuaihelani, lit. 'the backbone of heaven'; Pihemanu, 'the loud din of birds') is a 2.4 sq mi (6.2 km2)...
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Admirals Isoroku Yamamoto, Chūichi Nagumo, and Nobutake Kondō north of Midway Atoll, inflicting devastating damage on the Japanese fleet. Military historian...
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(Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll, and Wake Island) and one in the Caribbean Sea (Navassa...
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List of islands of Hawaii (redirect from List of islands of Midway Atoll)
island of Hawaiʻi to the northernmost Kure Atoll. Despite being within the boundaries of Hawaii, Midway Atoll, comprising several smaller islands, is not...
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Laysan albatross (section Midway Atoll)
researcher in 1956, and in December 1956, she was seen rearing a new chick on Midway Atoll. Because Laysan albatrosses cannot breed until they are five years old...
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the Pacific Ocean 48 nautical miles (89 km; 55 mi) west-northwest of Midway Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands at 28°25′N 178°20′W / 28.417°N...
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booths are concentrated Midway Atoll, also called Midway Island, a low-lying coral atoll in the central Pacific Ocean Midway International Airport, in...
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(IATA: MDY, ICAO: PMDY) is a public airport located on Sand Island in Midway Atoll, an unincorporated territory of the United States. The airport is used...
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uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands), with the sole exception of Midway Atoll (a United States Minor Outlying Island). Hawaii is the only U.S. state...
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higher in areas where these illegal longline fishing vessels operate. On Midway Atoll, collisions between Laysan albatrosses and aircraft have resulted in...
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possibly earlier. In 1956, she was tagged by scientists as #Z333 at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. When she was banded in 1956, she was conservatively...
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objective identified only as "AF". Layton and his team believe that "AF" is Midway Atoll, while Washington believes it to be a target in the South Pacific. The...
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uninhabited islands, atolls, and reefs. Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll, and Wake Island...
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are all part of Honolulu County in the U.S. state of Hawaii, except Midway Atoll, which is a territory distinct from the State of Hawaii, and grouped...
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Scouting in Hawaii (redirect from Scouting in Midway Atoll)
include all of Hawaii as well as Wake and Midway and was renamed Girl Scout Council of the Pacific. Wake and Midway were later dropped and in 1990 the council...
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Facility, and a naval base. It was finally closed on 1 October 1993. Midway Atoll consists of two small islets, Sand Island and Eastern Island, surrounded...
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Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Navassa Island, Palmyra Atoll, and Wake Island. The country code top-level...
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Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved October 10, 2014. "Midway Atoll". Office of Insular Affairs. Archived from the original on February 4...
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Pearl Harbor. Two Imperial Japanese destroyers bombarded Sand Island of Midway Atoll. The Japanese successfully damaged the U.S. Marine base before being...
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(Midway Atoll) (IATA: MDY), Midway Atoll, United States Henderson Field (Midway), an abandoned airfield on East Midway Island, United States Midway Airport...
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domestica) and the black-chinned siskin (Spinus barbatus) in captivity. Midway Atoll is home to a colony of feral yellow canaries, descended from pet birds...
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Lofton R. Henderson (category Battle of Midway)
The airfield provides access to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. It operated until 1993 as Naval Air Facility Midway. The original Henderson Field...
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significant risk to the atoll and its wildlife. The Pearl and Hermes Atoll is the third northernmost atoll of Hawaii, behind Midway and Kure, approximately...
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永裕興18號) was a Taiwanese fishing vessel found adrift and unoccupied near Midway Atoll after losing contact with shore. Taiwanese authorities concluded the...
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Wake Island (redirect from Wake Atoll)
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...
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waters around Midway Atoll in the far northwestern Hawaiian Islands. The Japanese had two purposes for the campaign: to occupy Midway for use as a base...
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outlying islands include Jarvis Island, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll, and Kingman Reef (UTC−11:00); Johnston Atoll (UTC−10:00); and Navassa Island, Bajo...
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Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (category Midway Atoll)
Hawaii, except Midway Atoll, which is part of the United States Minor Outlying Islands insular area. Henderson Field, on Midway Atoll, provides aerial...
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Field (Midway) (originally Naval Air Station Midway Islands), a former World War II airfield on East Midway Island Henderson Field (Midway Atoll) on Sand...
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translocated to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in 2002. These thrived in their new surroundings, and another group were later relocated to Kure Atoll. Named...
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