Tinian

E35517

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.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Tinian canonical	41
North Field, Tinian	5
Tinian Island	4
Tinian, Mariana Islands	2
Tinian Island B-29 staging facilities	1
Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	island ⓘ municipality ⓘ
administrativeDivisionOf	Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
aircraftDepartedFrom	Bockscar ⓘ Enola Gay ⓘ
battle	Invasion of Tinian ⓘ surface form: Battle of Tinian
capital	San Jose ⓘ
capturedBy	United States Marine Corps ⓘ
capturedFrom	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
climate	tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
ethnicGroup	Carolinian ⓘ Chamorro people ⓘ surface form: Chamorro
formerColonialPower	Germany ⓘ Japan ⓘ Spain ⓘ
governedAs	U.S. commonwealth territory ⓘ
governingBody	Mayor of Tinian ⓘ
hasAirport	Tinian International Airport ⓘ
hasFormerName	North Field ⓘ Tinian International Airport ⓘ surface form: 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 War ⓘ surface form: Pacific campaign of World War II
partOf	Micronesia ⓘ Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ
region	Mariana Islands ⓘ
religionMajority	Christianity ⓘ
sovereignState	United States of America ⓘ surface form: 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	US dollar ⓘ surface form: United States dollar

Referenced by (54)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northern Mariana Islands → majorIsland → Tinian ⓘ

Fat Man → locationOfAssemblyBeforeMission → Tinian ⓘ

Enola Gay → takeoffBase → Tinian ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Field, Tinian

Enola Gay → takeoffLocation → Tinian ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands

Manhattan Project sites → hasPart → Tinian ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tinian Island B-29 staging facilities

Bockscar → homeBaseDuringWWII → Tinian ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Field, Tinian

Bockscar → missionOrigin → Tinian ⓘ

Mariana Island Arc → contains → Tinian ⓘ

Twentieth Air Force → baseOfOperations → Tinian ⓘ

Project Alberta → location → Tinian ⓘ

Project Alberta → operatedAt → Tinian ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Field, Tinian

Operation Forager → location → Tinian ⓘ

Esmeralda Bank → locatedNear → Tinian ⓘ

USS Indianapolis (CA-35) → destinationOfFinalDelivery → Tinian ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tinian Island

509th Composite Group → garrison → Tinian ⓘ

44-86292 → takeoffBase → Tinian ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Field, Tinian

Victor 82 → associatedWithBase → Tinian ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Field, Tinian

Invasion of Tinian → location → Tinian ⓘ

English in the Northern Mariana Islands → usedInCity → Tinian ⓘ

Refaluwasch language → spokenIn → Tinian ⓘ

Department of Public Safety of the Northern Mariana Islands → appliesToTerritory → Tinian ⓘ

Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands → jurisdictionIncludes → Tinian ⓘ

Mariana Islands → contains → Tinian ⓘ

Commonwealth Superior Court of the Northern Mariana Islands → regionServed → Tinian ⓘ

PGWT → appliesToLocation → Tinian ⓘ

PGWT → locatedOn → Tinian ⓘ

subject surface form: Tinian International Airport

PGWT → serves → Tinian ⓘ

subject surface form: Tinian International Airport

TIQ → appliesToLocation → Tinian ⓘ

TIQ → serves → Tinian ⓘ

subject surface form: Tinian International Airport

TIQ → locatedIn → Tinian ⓘ

subject surface form: Tinian International Airport

West Field → locatedIn → Tinian ⓘ

West Field → isOnIsland → Tinian ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tinian Island

North Field → locatedIn → Tinian ⓘ

North Field → isOnIsland → Tinian ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tinian Island

Tinian International Airport → locatedIn → Tinian ⓘ

Tinian International Airport → serves → Tinian ⓘ

20th Air Force → operatedFrom → Tinian ⓘ

XXI Bomber Command → headquartersLocation → Tinian ⓘ

Tinian Channel → separates → Tinian ⓘ

Tinian Channel → borderedBy → Tinian ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tinian Island

Tinian Channel → locatedNorthOf → Tinian ⓘ

Mount Tapochau → hasViewOfNearbyIslands → Tinian ⓘ

CA-35 → deliveredTo → Tinian ⓘ

subject surface form: USS Indianapolis

this entity surface form: Tinian, Mariana Islands

Spanish colonial period in the Marianas → affectedTerritory → Tinian ⓘ

Spanish–Chamorro Wars → tookPlaceIn → Tinian ⓘ

San Jose → locatedIn → Tinian ⓘ

subject surface form: San Jose (Tinian)

San Jose → adminCenterOf → Tinian ⓘ

subject surface form: San Jose (Tinian)

San Jose → locatedOnIsland → Tinian ⓘ

subject surface form: San Jose (Tinian)

San Jose → isMainTownOf → Tinian ⓘ

subject surface form: San Jose (Tinian)

393d Bombardment Squadron → garrison → Tinian ⓘ