Betio

E64642
islet settlement

Betio is a small, heavily fortified islet in the Tarawa atoll of Kiribati, best known as the site of one of the bloodiest Pacific amphibious assaults of World War II.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Betio canonical 4
Betio Port 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf islet ⓘ
settlement ⓘ
attackedBy United States Marine Corps ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
battleEndDate 1943-11-23 ⓘ
battleStartDate 1943-11-20 ⓘ
capitalOf South Tarawa ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Kiribati ⓘ
countryCapital Tarawa Atoll ⓘ
surface form: Tarawa
elevation low-lying atoll islet ⓘ
governingCountry Kiribati ⓘ
hasClimate tropical marine climate ⓘ
hasConnection causeways to other islets of South Tarawa ⓘ
hasFeature World War II relics ⓘ
airstrip remains ⓘ
coastal defenses ⓘ
war memorials ⓘ
hasHeritage World War II battlefield site ⓘ
hasInfrastructure Betio self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Betio Port

Betio causeway connection to Bairiki ⓘ
hasRole administrative center of South Tarawa ⓘ
hasTransport Betio port facilities ⓘ
hasUse commercial center ⓘ
port facilities ⓘ
residential area ⓘ
historicalEventLocation Battle of Tarawa ⓘ
knownFor Battle of Tarawa ⓘ
World War II amphibious assault ⓘ
heavy fortifications during World War II ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
Gilbertese language ⓘ
surface form: Gilbertese
locatedIn Central Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Gilbert Islands ⓘ
South Tarawa ⓘ
Tarawa Atoll ⓘ
ocean Pacific Ocean ⓘ
partOf Kiribati ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Kiribati

South Tarawa ⓘ
surface form: South Tarawa urban area
populationNote densely populated islet ⓘ
region Micronesia ⓘ
strategicImportance former Japanese naval and air base ⓘ
key objective in Central Pacific campaign ⓘ
timezone UTC+12 ⓘ
usedBy Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Battle of Tarawa → location → Betio ⓘ
Betio → hasInfrastructure → Betio self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Betio Port
Tarawa Atoll → hasSettlement → Betio ⓘ
Tarawa Atoll → hasPort → Betio ⓘ
this entity surface form: Betio Port
South Tarawa → hasPart → Betio ⓘ
Teaoraereke → roadNetworkConnectedTo → Betio ⓘ