Midway Islands
- two small islands with a surrounding coral atoll, in the central Pacific in the western part of the Hawaiian chain. The islands were annexed by the US in 1867 and remain a US territory and naval base. They were the scene in 1942 of the decisive Battle of Midway, in which the US navy repelled a Japanese invasion fleet.中途岛（四周环绕珊瑚礁的两个小岛, 位于太平洋中部, 夏威夷群岛西部; 1867年被美国占领, 后一直为美国的领土和海军基地; 1942年具有决定性意义的中途岛战役发生于此, 其间美国海军击退了日本入侵舰队）。