Map of Wake Island

Wake Island, also known as Wake Atoll, is a coral atoll in the Micronesia subregion of the Pacific Ocean. The atoll is composed of three islets – Wake, Wilkes, and Peale Islands – surrounding a lagoon encircled by a coral reef. The nearest inhabited island is Utirik Atoll in the Marshall Islands, located 592 miles to the southeast.
  • Administered by: United States
  • Status: Unorganized unincorporated territory
  • Territory: United States Minor Outlying Islands
  • Claimed by: Marshall Islands
  • Claimed by the United States: January 17, 1899
  • Highest elevation: 6 m (21 ft)
  • Lowest elevation: 0 m (0 ft)

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