![]() ![]() A subsequent treaty (1887) granted the United States the exclusive use of the harbour as a coaling and repair station, but work was not begun until after 1898, when the Spanish-American War indicated its strategic value as a Pacific base. About 30 years later Colonel John McAllister Schofield further recommended that the United States secure harbour rights. ![]() Navy made the first geodetic survey and urged the dredging of the coral-bar entrance to the harbour. In 1840 Lieutenant Charles Wilkes of the U.S. Pearl Harbor was called Wai Momi (“Pearl Waters”) by the Hawaiians because of the pearl oysters that once grew there. Pearl Harbor Entrance (channel) connects its virtually landlocked bay with the Pacific Ocean. Its four lochs are formed by the Waipio and Pearl City peninsulas and Ford Island. It has 10 square miles (26 square km) of navigable water and hundreds of anchorages and covers a land area of more than 10,000 acres (4,000 hectares). The harbour is virtually surrounded (west to east) by the cities of Ewa, Waipahu, Pearl City, Aiea, and Honolulu. ( See Pearl Harbor Attack.) Pearl Harbor centres on a cloverleaf-shaped, artificially improved harbour on the southern coast of Oahu, 6 miles (10 km) west of Honolulu. Fleet and resulted in the United States’ entry into World War II. It is also the headquarters of the United States Pacific Fleet. history the name recalls the surprise Japanese air attack on December 7, 1941, that temporarily crippled the U.S. Pearl Harbor is a lagoon harbor west of Honolulu on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, Most, of the harbor and surrounding lands is a United States Navy deep-water naval base. Pacific Fleet, Honolulu county, southern Oahu Island, Hawaii, U.S. Pearl Harbor, naval base and headquarters of the U.S. Pearl Harbor: USS Arizona National Memorial SpaceNext50 Britannica presents SpaceNext50, From the race to the Moon to space stewardship, we explore a wide range of subjects that feed our curiosity about space!.Learn about the major environmental problems facing our planet and what can be done about them! Saving Earth Britannica Presents Earth’s To-Do List for the 21st Century.Britannica Beyond We’ve created a new place where questions are at the center of learning.100 Women Britannica celebrates the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, highlighting suffragists and history-making politicians. #Perl harbor how toCOVID-19 Portal While this global health crisis continues to evolve, it can be useful to look to past pandemics to better understand how to respond today.Student Portal Britannica is the ultimate student resource for key school subjects like history, government, literature, and more.This Time in History In these videos, find out what happened this month (or any month!) in history.#WTFact Videos In #WTFact Britannica shares some of the most bizarre facts we can find.Demystified Videos In Demystified, Britannica has all the answers to your burning questions.Britannica Explains In these videos, Britannica explains a variety of topics and answers frequently asked questions.Britannica Classics Check out these retro videos from Encyclopedia Britannica’s archives. ![]()
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