Marcus Island
E690428
Marcus Island is a small, isolated Japanese coral atoll in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, notable as Japan’s easternmost territory and a strategic weather and navigation outpost.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Marcus Island region | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese island
ⓘ
coral atoll ⓘ |
| administeredAsPartOf |
Ogasawara Subprefecture
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ogasawara Village NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Tokyo Metropolis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| area | 1.2 square kilometres ⓘ |
| climate | tropical ⓘ |
| controlledByDuringWorldWarII | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Andrew Marcus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 1855 ⓘ |
| distanceFromTokyo | over 1800 kilometres southeast of Tokyo ⓘ |
| easternmostPointOf | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| elevation | about 9 metres ⓘ |
| exclusiveEconomicZoneExtent | large EEZ around the island ⓘ |
| formerName | Marcus Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geology | raised coral platform ⓘ |
| hasFacility | Japan Meteorological Agency station ⓘ |
| hasNo | natural freshwater sources ⓘ |
| hasRunway | short airstrip ⓘ |
| importantFor | Japan’s EEZ claims in the Pacific ⓘ |
| inhabitedBy | rotating teams of personnel only ⓘ |
| islandType | coral atoll ⓘ |
| JapaneseName | Minami-Tori-shima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Philippine Sea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northwestern Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meaningOfJapaneseName | "Southern Bird Island" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Andrew Marcus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupiedByAfterWorldWarII | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Ogasawara Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| permanentCivilianPopulation | no ⓘ |
| population | uninhabited ⓘ |
| region | Micronesia (geographical region) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| returnedTo | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| returnYearToJapan | 1968 ⓘ |
| romanizedJapaneseName | Minamitorishima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sovereignState | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
maritime navigation
ⓘ
meteorological observation ⓘ |
| surroundedBy | coral reef ⓘ |
| timezone | UTC+9 ⓘ |
| usedAs |
navigation outpost
ⓘ
weather observation station ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Japan Meteorological Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedDuring | World War II ⓘ |
| vegetation | sparse grasses and shrubs ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Marcus Island region