Talk:Clipperton Island

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 22:42, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

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U.S. Navy weather station on Clipperton Island

• ... that during World War II the U.S. Navy sparked a diplomatic incident with France by setting up a weather station (pictured) on Clipperton Island? Source: "However, after the French government was notified about the weather station, relations on this matter deteriorated rapidly with the French government sending a formal note of protest in defense of French sovereignty" Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, 1945, Europe, Volume IV Page 789 Circling the Earth United States Plans for a Postwar Overseas Military Base System, 1942-1948 Allies of a kind : the United States, Britain, and the war against Japan, 1941-1945 Franklin D. Roosevelt, Papers as President: Map Room Papers, 1941-1945
  • ALT1: ... that President Roosevelt received mail shortly after a stop at Clipperton Island from a biplane launched from the rigid airship USS Macon? Source: "On 19 July 1934, soon after the stop at Clipperton, the rigid airship USS Macon rendezvoused with the Houston, and one of the Macon's Curtiss F9C biplanes delivered mail to president" Kite Balloons to Airships the Navy's Lighter-than-Air Experience Page 33 Naval History and Heritage Command
  • ALT2: ... that NASA spent a month on Clipperton Island setting up radar equipment to monitor Ariane flight V88 only for the rocket to disintegrate 37 seconds after launch? Source: "After spending a month on Clipperton setting up and calibrating radar equipment to monitor Ariane flight V88, the mission ended in disappointment when the rocket disintegrated 37 seconds after launch due to a software bug" Space News Roundup
  • ALT3: ... that the dispute between France and Mexico over Clipperton Island was settled by King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy? Source: "In 1931, Victor Emmanuel III issued his arbitral decision in the 'Clipperton Island Case', declaring Clipperton a French possession" American Journal of International Law Asian-Pacific Law & Policy Journal
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/PBS Appalachia Virginia
  • Comment: Can add additional hooks and find media if needed.

Improved to Good Article status by Dr vulpes (talk) and Tcr25 (talk). Nominated by Dr vulpes (talk) at 21:34, 17 June 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Clipperton Island; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
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QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Dr vulpes: Good article. Onegreatjoke (talk) 00:55, 18 June 2023 (UTC)

Distance from Acapulco

The lead mentions that Clipperton Island is 1,080 km from Acapulco - but the map (under Geography) shows 1,280 km! According to Google Maps, it's 1,250 km. Prisoner of Zenda (talk) 06:29, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

Corrected to align with the map. (I get 1243.68 km from Google Earth, but will go with the published source ...) —Carter (Tcr25) (talk) 11:47, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

Other distances

The map (under Geography) shows 2,390 km to the Galapagos Islands - but according to Google Maps, it's over 2,400 km to Puerto Ayora on Isla Santa Cruz; however, I can't determine from the map just where the measurement ends. Since the GI span some 250 km, 2,390 km may be correct. The 945 km to Isla Socorro seems reasonable; Google Maps has 961 km. Prisoner of Zenda (talk) 06:46, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

The distance to Hawaii is given as 4,940 km - but Google maps shows it is 5,325 to Honolulu, and 5,060 to the centre of the island of Hawai'i, and 4,990 km to the easternmost tip of the island; i.e. 4,940 km is some 50 km short (OK, an error of 1%). Prisoner of Zenda (talk) 06:55, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

Agree that the image's distances may be using some rounding or conversion factor that's not quite precise (or maybe it's a calculation error). —Carter (Tcr25) (talk) 11:49, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

Pointless sentence

Under the heading "geography," "in the 1940s American ships reported active problems in this regard" shoud be deleted since it doesn't add geographical info, is more thoroughly covered under "history," and "active problems" is a nonsensical construction. Citizen127 (talk) 22:32, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

OK, go ahead and fix it. Herostratus (talk) 17:25, 2 July 2023 (UTC)