The World Factbook. 2008.
Midway Islands
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| Midway Islands |
| island group (2 sq mi/5.2 sq km), central Pacific, c.1,150 mi (1,850 km) NW of Honolulu, comprising Sand and Eastern islands with the surrounding atoll. It is an inactive U.S. military base with no indigenous population. Discovered by Americans in 1859, Midway was annexed in 1867.—continue at Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. (Copyright © 2003 Columbia University Press. |
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