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Bookmark or Share- Midway Atoll - WikipediaMidway Atoll is part of a chain of volcanic islands, atolls, and seamounts extending from the Island of Hawaii up to the tip of the Aleutian Islands and known as the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain, between Pearl and Hermes Atoll and Kure Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
- Battle of Midway - WikipediaInstead, Yamamoto selected Midway, a tiny atoll at the extreme northwest end of the Hawaiian Island chain, approximately 1,300 mi (1,100 nmi; 2,100 km) from Oahu. Midway was outside the effective range of almost all the American aircraft stationed on the main Hawaiian Islands.
- Midway Islands - WikitravelThe Midway Islands or Midway Atoll is a wildlife refuge in the north Pacific Ocean, roughly "midway" between California and East Asia, just east of the International Date Line. It was made famous by an Oscar-winning color documentary in 1942, and a 1976 feature film, both about the battle which marked a turning point in World War II.
- Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge - U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceMidway Atoll's (Kauaihelani) three small islands provide a virtually predator-free safe haven for the world's largest albatross colony encircled by a ring of coral reef that hosts an amazing variety of unique wildlife including green sea turtles, spinner dolphins, and endangered Hawaiian monk seals among an unprecedented rate of endemic fish.
- Battle of Midway ‑ Location, Outcome & Significance - HISTORYMidway is located in the Pacific Ocean almost directly in between the United States and Japan. After a diversionary attack by a smaller Japanese force on the Aleutian Islands, off the coast of...
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