Wake Island

Wake Island U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alexander W. Riedel, Public domain

Coral atoll in the North Pacific Ocean administered by the US and also claimed by the Marshall Islands

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.

Also known as...St Francis, Halcyon Island, Isle de St Francois, Isle St Francois, Isle St Francis, St Francis Island, Isle Saint Francois, Saint Francis, Isle de Saint Francois, San Francisco, St Francois, Isle of Saint Francis, San Francisco Island, Isle of St Francis, Wake Atoll, Isla San Francisco, Saint Francis Island, Isle Saint Francis, and Saint Francois