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A small Pacific atoll comprising three
islands 3,700 km/2,300 mi W of Hawaii, under
US Air Force administration since 1972; area
8 sq km/3 sq mi; population (1980) 300. It
was discovered by Captain William Wake 1841,
annexed by the USA 1898, and uninhabited
until 1935 when it was made an air staging
point, with a garrison. It was occupied by
Japan 1941-45.