Midway Atoll has three small islets on its southeast end.  The islets have a combined size of about 1,550 acres.  Click here to see how big the Midway Islands are compared to Aloha Stadium and its parking lot.

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  Midway was the last of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands to be discovered.  Captain N.C. Brooks claimed the island for the United States in 1859.  It was originally named Middlebrooks.

Midway Links

• Learn more about the Battle of Midway
  
  
• The landscape of Midway, U.S. Fish and Wildlife page (opens new window)

Go to another island:

• Nihoa
• Necker
• French Frigate Shoals
• Gardner Pinnacles
• Laysan 
• Lisianski
• Pearl and Hermes
• Maro
• Midway
• Kure

Click here for a large scale map (1.2 Megs) of all of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands to download and printout.