Central Pacific Ocean

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ocean region theater of war

The Central Pacific Ocean is the vast mid-Pacific region encompassing numerous remote islands and atolls that served as a major theater of naval and amphibious operations during World War II.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
central Pacific Ocean	15
Pacific Ocean near Midway Atoll	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ocean region ⓘ theater of war ⓘ
borders	eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: Eastern Pacific Ocean Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: North Pacific Ocean South Pacific Ocean ⓘ western Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: Western Pacific Ocean
climate	equatorial ⓘ tropical ⓘ
contains	Eniwetok atoll region ⓘ Kwajalein Atoll ⓘ surface form: Kwajalein atoll region Midway Atoll ⓘ surface form: Midway Island region Tarawa Atoll ⓘ surface form: Tarawa atoll region Wake Island ⓘ surface form: Wake Island region atolls ⓘ coral reefs ⓘ deep ocean basins ⓘ islands ⓘ seamounts ⓘ
governedBy	international maritime law ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	maritime ⓘ remote ⓘ vast ⓘ
importantFor	climate regulation ⓘ fisheries ⓘ trans-Pacific shipping routes ⓘ
includesRegion	Caroline Islands ⓘ Gilbert Islands ⓘ Line Islands ⓘ Mariana Islands ⓘ surface form: Mariana Islands vicinity Marshall Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Phoenix Islands ⓘ
locatedIn	Pacific Ocean ⓘ mid-Pacific region ⓘ tropical Pacific ⓘ
partOf	Pacific Ocean ⓘ
siteOf	Battle of Eniwetok ⓘ surface form: Battle of Eniwetok vicinity Battle of Kwajalein ⓘ surface form: Battle of Kwajalein vicinity Midway Atoll ⓘ surface form: Battle of Midway vicinity Battle of Tarawa vicinity ⓘ Battle of Wake Island ⓘ surface form: Battle of Wake Island vicinity
strategicFor	Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ
strategicRole	island-hopping campaign ⓘ sea lines of communication ⓘ
timePeriodOfSignificance	World War II ⓘ
usedFor	carrier task force operations ⓘ naval aviation operations ⓘ submarine warfare operations ⓘ
wasTheaterOf	Pacific War ⓘ World War II amphibious operations ⓘ Allied combined naval operations ⓘ surface form: World War II naval operations

Referenced by (29)

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

Third Fleet → areaOfOperations → Central Pacific Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: United States Third Fleet

Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard → geographicRegion → Central Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Abemama → locatedIn → Central Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Betio → locatedIn → Central Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Chuuk Lagoon → locatedIn → Central Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: central Pacific Ocean

Gilbert Islands → locatedIn → Central Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: central Pacific Ocean

Hawaiian Islands → locatedIn → Central Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: central Pacific Ocean

Kiribati → locatedIn → Central Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: central Pacific Ocean

Kwajalein Atoll → locatedIn → Central Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: central Pacific Ocean

Majuro → locatedIn → Central Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: central Pacific Ocean

Nauru → locatedIn → Central Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: central Pacific Ocean

Onotoa → locatedIn → Central Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: central Pacific Ocean

Phoenix Islands Protected Area → locatedIn → Central Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: central Pacific Ocean

Polynesia → locatedIn → Central Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: central Pacific Ocean

Tarawa Atoll → locatedIn → Central Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: central Pacific Ocean

U.S. Pacific national wildlife refuges → locatedIn → Central Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Ujae Atoll → locatedIn → Central Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: central Pacific Ocean

Wotho Atoll → locatedIn → Central Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: central Pacific Ocean

Arno Atoll → locatedInOceanRegion → Central Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: central Pacific Ocean

Battle of Tarawa → location → Central Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign → location → Central Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Mariana and Palau Islands campaign → location → Central Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Operation MI → location → Central Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Japanese submarine I-168 → navalTheater → Central Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Ralik Chain → oceanRegion → Central Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: central Pacific Ocean

Commander, Third Fleet → operationalArea → Central Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Gilbertese language group → region → Central Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Pearl Harbor (interwar and early WWII) → region → Central Pacific Ocean ⓘ

CV-5 → wreckLocation → Central Pacific Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: USS Yorktown (CV-5)

this entity surface form: Pacific Ocean near Midway Atoll