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Peale Island
Peale Island is one of three islands in the Wake Island atoll, which lies in the Pacific Ocean between Guam and Midway Atoll, Midway. The atoll was from 1935 the site of a seaplane base and a hotel built by Pan Am, Pan-American, who started the first transpacific passenger service using a string of islands across the Pacific to fly between America and Asia in stages. The island, like the rest of Wake, is made of coral fragments and sand, atop a seamount, and ringed by a living coral reef. The island is heavily forested with tropical scrub, trees, and grasses and is inhabited mainly by birds, rats, and hermit crabs. In the late 20th century, it was the site of a United States Coast Guard LORAN, Loran Station, supporting radio navigation prior to satellite systems. The island is home to many historical items, including the Pan American Airways (1998–2004), Pan-American Hotel (a defunct airline) and remnants of World War II, such as bunkers and a rusted 8-inch coastal defense gun. P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Wake or The Wake may refer to: Culture *Wake (ceremony), a ritual which takes place during some funeral ceremonies *Wakes week, an English holiday tradition *Parish Wake, another name of the Welsh ', the fairs held on the local parish's patron saint's annual feast Entertainment Film, television, and audio *Wake (2009 film), ''Wake'' (2009 film), an independent film *Wake (cancelled film), ''Wake'' (cancelled film), a cancelled American action thriller film *Wake (The Secret Circle), "Wake" (''The Secret Circle''), a television episode *The Wake (1986 film), ''The Wake'' (1986 film), a Canadian drama film * The Wake (2005 film), ''The Wake'' (2005 film), a Greek film *The Wake (audio drama), ''The Wake'' (audio drama), a ''Doctor Who'' related audio drama Literature *Wake (McMann novel), ''Wake'' (McMann novel), 2008 *Wake (Sawyer novel), ''Wake'' (Sawyer novel), 2009 *Wake (comics), ''Wake'' (comics), a French comic created by Morvan and Buchet *The Wake (novel), ''The Wake'' (no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnston Atoll
Johnston Atoll is an Unincorporated territories of the United States, unincorporated territory of the United States, currently administered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). Johnston Atoll is a National Wildlife Refuge and part of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument. It is closed to public entry, and limited access for management needs is only granted by Letter of Authorization from the United States Air Force and a Special Use Permit from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. For nearly 70 years, the isolated atoll was under the control of the United States Armed Forces, U.S. military. During that time, it was variously used as a naval refueling depot, an Johnston Island Air Force Base, airbase, a testing site for nuclear and biological weapons, a secret missile base, and a site for the storage and disposal of chemical weapons and Agent Orange. Those activities left the area environmentally contaminated, and monitoring continues. The island i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
League Of Nations
The League of Nations (french: link=no, Société des Nations ) was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. It was founded on 10 January 1920 by the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. The main organization ceased operations on 20 April 1946 but many of its components were relocated into the new United Nations. The League's primary goals were stated in its Covenant. They included preventing wars through collective security and disarmament and settling international disputes through negotiation and arbitration. Its other concerns included labour conditions, just treatment of native inhabitants, human and drug trafficking, the arms trade, global health, prisoners of war, and protection of minorities in Europe. The Covenant of the League of Nations was signed on 28 June 1919 as Part I of the Treaty of Versailles, and it became effective together with the rest of the Treaty on 10 January 1920. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
