WWII Japanese Outpost
Marshall Islands /
Ailinlaplap /
Bikeer /
World
/ Marshall Islands
/ Ailinlaplap
/ Bikeer
World
military, interesting place
A Japanese communications outpost and seaplane supply depot was maintained here from about 1940 until the garrison was evacuated to Wake Island in March, 1943. A year later, the facility was bombed by US Navy aircraft, unaware that it was by then uninhabited.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokak_Atoll#20th_century_to_Present
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 14°37'34"N 169°0'43"E
- Wake Island Airfield (PWAK / AWK) 578 km
- Wake Island Atoll 583 km
- Wreck of HIJMS RO-39 604 km
- Dyess Army Airfield (ROI/PKRO) 605 km
- Meck 641 km
- Bucholz Army Airfield (KWA/PKWA) 671 km
- Wreck of USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56) 1374 km
- Battle of Tarawa 1537 km
- Red Beach No. 3 1538 km
- Black Beach No. 2 1539 km
- Bwdije 1.3 km
- Sibylla 3 km
- Kamwome 3.2 km
- Bokak Atoll 6.7 km
- Bikar Atoll 291 km
- Utirik Atoll 383 km
- Bikrak 387 km
- Utirik 389 km
- Aon 389 km
- Taka Atoll 393 km