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Wilkes Island
Wilkes Island is a small islet that is part of the Wake Island, a remote atoll in the Pacific. The island is cut in half by a partially completed WW2 submarine channel, and the eastern half is connected to Wake Island by a causeway. The western half is mostly trees and nature, except for mowed grassy area for seabirds, while the eastern half has facilities for the Wake island base. On the north side of Wilkes is the shallow lagoon of the atoll, and across to the north side is Peale Island and the northern hook of the main Wake island. The south side of Wilkes is coral beach with rocky coral fragments; the waves crash on the coral reef the rings the atoll, a short distance from the southern shore of Wilkes. Overview Wilkes is on the south and west side of the Wake: The western and bit north tip of Wilkes is called Kuku Point, in the middle running north-south is the unfinished submarine channel, and on the south end there is a causeway that crosses Wilkes Channel to the main is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilkes Island Wake Atoll (170410)
Wilkes may refer to: Places * Wilkes, Portland, Oregon, a US neighborhood * Wilkes County, Georgia * Wilkes County, North Carolina * Wilkes Basin, George V Land, Antarctica * Wilkes Station, Antarctica, a research station * Battery Wilkes, a historic artillery battery in West Ashley, Charleston, South Carolina * Wilkes Power Plant, Jefferson, Texas, an electrical power station Schools in the United States * Wilkes University, Pennsylvania * Wilkes Community College, Wilkesboro, North Carolina * Wilkes Honors College, Florida People * Wilkes (surname), people with the surname * Wilkes Angel (1817–1889), New York lawyer and politician * Wilkes C. Robinson (1925–2015), judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims from 1987 to 1997 Other uses * , several US Navy vessels * Wilkes (horse) (born 1952), Australian thoroughbred See also * Wilk * Wilken * Wilkens * Wilkes Land, Antarctica ** Clarie Coast, called Wilkes Coast in Australia * Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
