Charles Wilkes
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Charles Wilkes was an American naval officer, ship's captain, and explorer. He led the first United States Exploring Expedition. During the American Civil War, he commanded USS San Jacinto during the
Charles Wilkes
Lieutenant Charles Wilkes, Exploring Expedition 1838–1842
USS Vincennes in Disappointment Bay, Antarctica, during the Wilkes Expedition.
Capt. Charles Wilkes in The Champions of the Union, lithograph by Currier & Ives, 1861
Wake Island
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Wake Island, also known as Wake Atoll, is a coral atoll which is a unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the Pacific Ocean. The atoll is composed of three islets
Charles Wilkes
…Wilkes Land in Antarctica is named after him. In 1923, Wilkes Island, one of the three islands surrounding the lagoon at Wake Atoll, was named for Wilkes by Alexander Wetmore who was the lead scientist of the Tanager Expedition. Captain Charles Wilkes Elementary School in Bainbridge…
The "98 Rock" on Wilkes Island was carved by a World War II American civilian POW before his execution by Japanese Admiral Shigematsu Sakaibara.
The VFA-27 Royal Maces, a United States Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet squadron based in MCAS Iwakuni, flies over the "Downtown" area of Wake Island.
Wake Island
Palm trees at Wake Island's lagoon