Tinian

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island municipality

Tinian is a small island in the western Pacific Ocean best known as part of the Northern Mariana Islands and as the World War II airbase from which the atomic bomb missions to Hiroshima and Nagasaki were launched.

Aliases (4)

North Field, Tinian ×5
Tinian Island ×1
Tinian Island B-29 staging facilities ×1
Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	island → municipality →
administrativeDivisionOf	Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands →
aircraftDepartedFrom	Bockscar → Enola Gay →
battle	Battle of Tinian →
capital	San Jose →
capturedBy	United States Marine Corps →
capturedFrom	Empire of Japan →
climate	tropical rainforest climate →
country	United States →
ethnicGroup	Carolinian → Chamorro →
formerColonialPower	Germany → Japan → Spain →
governedAs	U.S. commonwealth territory →
governingBody	Mayor of Tinian →
hasAirport	Tinian International Airport →
hasFormerName	North Field → Tinian West Field → West Field →
historicalUse	sugarcane plantations →
iataCode	TIQ →
icaoCode	PGWT →
largestSettlement	San Jose →
launchSiteOf	atomic bombing of Hiroshima → atomic bombing of Nagasaki →
locatedIn	western Pacific Ocean →
nearbyIsland	Aguiguan → Saipan →
officialLanguage	Carolinian → Chamorro → English →
operation	Pacific campaign of World War II →
partOf	Micronesia → Northern Mariana Islands →
region	Mariana Islands →
religionMajority	Christianity →
sovereignState	United States →
timeZone	Chamorro Standard Time →
transportLink	Tinian Channel →
usedAs	World War II airbase →
usedBy	20th Air Force → 509th Composite Group → United States Army Air Forces →
usesCurrency	United States dollar →

Referenced by (18)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Invasion of Tinian → Operation Forager → Project Alberta →	location
44-86292 ("North Field, Tinian") → Enola Gay ("North Field, Tinian") →	takeoffBase
Victor 82 ("North Field, Tinian") →	associatedWithBase
Twentieth Air Force →	baseOfOperations
Mariana Island Arc →	contains
USS Indianapolis (CA-35) ("Tinian Island") →	destinationOfFinalDelivery
509th Composite Group →	garrison
Manhattan Project sites ("Tinian Island B-29 staging facilities") →	hasPart
Bockscar ("North Field, Tinian") →	homeBaseDuringWWII
Esmeralda Bank →	locatedNear
Fat Man →	locationOfAssemblyBeforeMission
Northern Mariana Islands →	majorIsland
Bockscar →	missionOrigin
Project Alberta ("North Field, Tinian") →	operatedAt
Enola Gay ("Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands") →	takeoffLocation