Wake Island, USA
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Published Date: 11 June 2025
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A Researcher in International Relations with a Focus on Security, Political and Economic Risks for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and International Trade
Wake Island, USA
Distance from Wake Island to USA: 10,764 Km (Straight line distance Capital-to-Capital in Km, Map Developers)
Disputed Colony between USA and Marshall Islands
Since the end of the 19th century, Wake Island has been a colony of the USA, but since then, it has been mainly run by the USA army under restricted access, so Wake Island has no permanent population, excluding a few hundred personnel and civilian contractors. Formally, Wake Island has the status of an unorganized and unincorporated territory of the USA, despite that Wake Island is claimed by the Marshall Islands.
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Population
Wake Island serves as a USA military base under restricted access, so it has no permanent inhabitants on Wake Island. Thus, according to various sources, the permanent personnel at any time are around 100-300 people.
One of the Prominent Religious Sites
Wake Island
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Key Figures of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and International Trade
Wake Island serves as a USA military base under restricted access, so there is no regular economic activity on Wake Island. Importantly, even imported food and products to Wake Island are under the restriction of the USA army.
Profile
Wake Island - Britannica https://www.britannica.com/place/Wake-Island-Pacific-Ocean
Wake Island Slide Show
Research Papers and Research Books
Analysis of international monitoring system hydrophone triplet data: Identifying the august 2021 eruption at Fukutoku-Okanoba, 24.3 N Bonin arc Metz, D. (2022). Analysis of international monitoring system hydrophone triplet data: Identifying the august 2021 eruption at Fukutoku-Okanoba, 24.3 N Bonin arc. Acoustical Science and Technology, 43(2), 125-128.
Asymmetric Ocean response to atmospheric forcing in an Island wake: a 35-year high-resolution study Alves, J. M., Tomé, R., Caldeira, R. M., & Miranda, P. M. (2021). Asymmetric Ocean response to atmospheric forcing in an Island wake: a 35-year high-resolution study. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, 624392.
Effect of an Island Wake on High-Frequency Temperature Variability Chen, H. Y., Arzeno-Soltero, I. B., Castillo-Trujillo, A. C., Giddings, S., & Pawlak, G. R. (2024, February). Effect of an Island Wake on High-Frequency Temperature Variability. In American Geophysical Union, Ocean Sciences Meeting (No. 2045, pp. PS14C-2045).
Sea Level Rise at Wake Island, Marshall Islands, and Midway Atoll, Hawaiian Islands. Parker, A., & Ollier, C. (2018). Sea Level Rise at Wake Island, Marshall Islands, and Midway Atoll, Hawaiian Islands. New Concepts in Global Tectonics Journal, 6(1).
Aspects of the biology and geomorphology of Johnston and Wake atolls, Pacific Ocean Lobel, P. S., & Lobel, L. K. (2008). Aspects of the biology and geomorphology of Johnston and Wake atolls, Pacific Ocean. In Coral Reefs of the USA (pp. 655-689). Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands.
A new species of cotton from Wake Atoll, Gossypium stephensii (Malvaceae) Gallagher, J. P., Grover, C. E., Rex, K., Moran, M., & Wendel, J. F. (2017). A new species of cotton from Wake Atoll, Gossypium stephensii (Malvaceae). Systematic Botany, 42(1), 115-123.
Characterization of coral communities at Wake Atoll in the remote central Pacific Ocean Kenyon, J. C., Bonito, V., & Wilkinson, C. B. (2019). Characterization of coral communities at Wake Atoll in the remote central Pacific Ocean.
Current status of the US military atolls in the Pacific: Johnston and Wake Lobel, L. K., & Lobel, P. S. (2019). Current status of the US military atolls in the Pacific: Johnston and Wake. In World Seas: An Environmental Evaluation (pp. 645-659). Academic Press.
Historical Background and Historical Perspective
A Magnificent Fight: The Battle for Wake Island Cressman, R. J. (2013). A Magnificent Fight: The Battle for Wake Island. Naval Institute Press.
Facing fearful odds: the siege of Wake Island Urwin, G. J. (2002). Facing fearful odds: the siege of Wake Island. U of Nebraska Press.
Truman and MacArthur: The Wake Island Meeting Wiltz, J. E. (1978). Truman and MacArthur: The Wake Island Meeting. The Journal of Military History, 42(4), 169.
Victory in defeat: The Wake Island defenders in captivity Urwin, G. (2011). Victory in defeat: The Wake Island defenders in captivity. Naval Institute Press.
Given Up for Dead: America's Heroic Stand at Wake Island Sloan, B. (2007). Given Up for Dead: America's Heroic Stand at Wake Island. Bantam.
Building for war: The epic saga of the civilian contractors and Marines of Wake Island in World War II Gilbert, B. (2012). Building for war: The epic saga of the civilian contractors and Marines of Wake Island in World War II. Casemate.
Tactical Defeat Or Strategic Victory: The Battle Of Wake Island, 8-23 December 1941 Pierce, M. M. R. (2015). Tactical Defeat Or Strategic Victory: The Battle Of Wake Island, 8-23 December 1941. Pickle Partners Publishing.
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