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==Etymology==
[[File:Wake Island air.JPG|thumb|left|Wake Island]]▼
Wake Island derives its name from British [[sea captain]] Samuel Wake, who rediscovered the atoll in 1796 while in command of the ''Prince William Henry''. The name is sometimes attributed to Captain William Wake, who also is reported to have discovered the atoll from the ''Prince William Henry'' in 1792.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Urwin |first=Gregory J. W. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_WsG39lnR9cC |title=Facing Fearful Odds: The Siege of Wake Island |date=2002 |isbn=0-8032-9562-6 |publisher=University of Nebraska Press |location=Lincoln, Nebraska |pages=22–23 |oclc=52430118 |access-date=May 28, 2022 |archive-date=June 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604180217/https://books.google.com/books?id=_WsG39lnR9cC |url-status=live }}</ref>
Peale Island is named for the naturalist [[Titian Peale]], who visited the island in 1841,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Captain Ross A. Dierdorff, U. S. Navy |date=April 1943 |title=Pioneer Party—Wake Island |url=https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1943/april/pioneer-party-wake-island |access-date=October 26, 2023 |archive-date=October 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026162114/https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1943/april/pioneer-party-wake-island |url-status=live }}</ref> and Wilkes Island is named for U.S. Naval officer [[Charles Wilkes]], who led the U.S. expedition to Wake Atoll in 1841.<ref name="Olson1996" />
==Geography==
▲[[File:Wake Island air.JPG|thumb|left|Wake Island]]
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