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15 de abr. de 2019 · Midway Atoll is a 2.4 square mile atoll, which is a ring-shaped coral reef, located in the North Pacific Ocean. The unorganized, unincorporated US territory is the only atoll or island in the Hawaiian archipelago that is not part of the state of Hawaii. Midway Atoll observes the Samoa Time Zone, which is 11 hours behind Coordinated Universal ...
The World War II Facilities at Midway consist of ammunition magazines, a concrete pillbox, gun emplacements for 3-inch batteries, which were manned by U.S. Marines, and two emplacements for the 3-inch naval battery, all on Sand Island. Other properties associated with the defense of Midway, but not listed in the National Register, include ...
6 de ago. de 2019 · Midway Atoll is a one-of-a-kind place in that there is a complex intersection of ecology, culture, and history at play all around the atoll. Laysan Albatross stroll down the same streets that American soldiers did 70 years ago when safeguarding the atoll during WWII; hundreds of years ago, Hawaiian ancestors walked across the same sandy islands ...
Den inofficiella flaggan för Midway Atoll, designad av den lokala Fish and Wildlife Service-anställde Steve Dryden, introducerades den 4 juni 2000, 58-årsdagen av slaget vid Midway. Panorama över Easter Island med kolonier av Albatrosser. Karta över Midwayöarna.
Naval Air Station Midway Island, also known as NAS Midway, Naval Air Facility Midway, and NAF Midway (former ICAO PMDY ), was a U.S. Naval Air Station in the Midway Atoll, the northernmost group of the Hawaiian archipelago. It was in operation from 1941 to 1993, and played an important role in trans-Pacific aviation during those years.
Midwayøyene (offisielt engelsk Midway Islands, hawaiisk: Pihemanu Kauihelani) er et amerikansk territorium bestående av tre øyer i det nordlige Stillehavet. Som navnet indikerer ligger øyene cirka midtveis mellom USA og Asia. Midwayøyene tilhører de nordvestlige Hawaiiøyene, men er administrativt en del av USAs ytre småøyer og derfor ...
