Take, JG8NQJ will be active again as JG8NQJ/JD1 from Marcus Island, IOTA OC - 073, Minami Torishima, until December 2025. Marcus Island Minami-Tori-Shima: an isolated island hidden in the Pacific OceanThe Minami-Tori-Shima Island is a triangular shaped island in the northwest Pacific Ocean. It is also known by its other name of Marcus Island. A United States ship mentioned the island in 1864 and logged the name as Marcus Island which it is also known as today. The great island dispute of 1902A captain by the name of James Rosehill arrived on what he referred to as Marcus Island in 1889.