Midway Islands, Pacific

Midway Atoll is an unorganized, unincorporated territory of the United States, former home of the Midway Naval Air Station.

It consists of a ring-shaped barrier reef and several sand islets. The two significant pieces of land, Sand Island and Eastern Island, are habitat for millions of seabirds.

Midway Islands Time

Unique among the Hawaiian islands, Midway observes GMT-11, eleven hours behind Greenwich Mean Time and one hour behind the state of Hawaii.