Wake Island

UN/LOCODE UMAWK · US Minor Outlying Islands · 79

Reference

Coordinates: 19.3, 166.63333333333
Time zone: Pacific/WakeUTC +12:00no DST
Local currency: USD— US Dollar
Languages: en
Nearest airport: TKDTakoradi Airport~579 km
Electricity: —
Climate: AfTropical rainforest
Latitude-band approximation (no country-level Köppen mapping). Use with caution.
Function codes: 1--4----
seaport · airport

Welfare, abandonment, wages, medical, mental health, harassment — 24/7 lines where available. See full helplines directory.

ISWAN SeafarerHelp
Global · 24/7 · en, ar, es, fr
📞 +44 800 012 1004 WhatsApp [email protected]www.seafarerhelp.org
ITF Seafarers
Global · 24/7 for emergencies · en
📞 +44 20 7403 2733 [email protected]www.itfseafarers.org
IMO/ILO Database of Abandonment of Seafarers
Global · Online · en
www.ilo.org/dyn/seafarers/seafarersBrowse.home
Find A Helpline
Global · Online · en
findahelpline.com
ITF Inspectorate — Find your nearest inspector
Global · Varies by port · en
www.itfseafarers.org/en/contact-us/find-an-itf-inspector
ISWAN Africa Network
Africa · Refer to ISWAN SeafarerHelp 24/7 · en, fr, pt
📞 +44 800 012 1004 [email protected]www.seafarerswelfare.org

Port-state-control region: uscg MoU · how to file a PSC complaint.

Sources & verification (14)

country_iso3 · ISO 3166-1 (UM)retrieved 2026-05-06
country_name · ISO 3166-1 (UM)retrieved 2026-05-06
currency_code · ISO 4217:2015 (USD)retrieved 2026-05-06
currency_name · ISO 4217:2015 (USD)retrieved 2026-05-06
languages · CIA World Factbook (public domain), national-language listing (UM)retrieved 2026-05-06
timezone_iana · IANA tz database (Pacific/Wake)retrieved 2026-05-06
timezone_utc_offset · ECMA-402 Intl.DateTimeFormat (computed) (Pacific/Wake)retrieved 2026-05-06
timezone_dst · ECMA-402 Intl.DateTimeFormat (computed) (Pacific/Wake)retrieved 2026-05-06
function_codes_expanded · UNECE Rec. 16 — UN/LOCODE function-code mask (1--4----)retrieved 2026-05-06
nearest_major_airport · OurAirports (CC0) — davidmegginson.github.io/ourairports-data (TKD)retrieved 2026-05-07
wikidata_qid · Wikidata SPARQL (P1937 UN/LOCODE join) (Q43296)retrieved 2026-05-07
osm_relation_id · Wikidata SPARQL (P1937 UN/LOCODE join) (Q43296)retrieved 2026-05-07
climate_classification · Kottek et al. 2006 / Beck et al. 2018 — country-coastal Köppen zone (lat 0)retrieved 2026-05-07
coordinates · Wikidata P625 (CC0) (Q43296)retrieved 2026-06-01

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