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  2. Kwajalein Atoll - Wikipedia

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    Map from National Atlas of the United States. Kwajalein is the 14th largest coral atoll as measured by area of enclosed water. Comprising 97 islands and islets, it has a land area of 16.4 km 2 (6.3 sq mi) and surrounds one of the largest lagoons in the world, with an area of 2,174 km 2 (839 sq mi).

  3. Geography of the Marshall Islands - Wikipedia

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    Bikini and Enewetak are former US nuclear test sites; Kwajalein, the famous World War II battleground, is now used as a US missile test range; the island city of Ebeye is the second largest settlement in the Marshall Islands, after the capital of Majuro, and one of the most densely populated locations in the Pacific. [2] Majuro and Arno Atolls

  4. Marshall Islands - Wikipedia

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    Map of the Marshall Islands Aerial view of Majuro, ... The largest atoll with a land area of 6 square miles ... This is the world's largest shark sanctuary, extending ...

  5. List of islands of the Marshall Islands - Wikipedia

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    The remaining 11 atolls/islands are currently uninhabited. According to the Constitution of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the uninhabited atolls/islands Narikrik, Erikub, Jemo, Taka, Bikar, Bokak, Rongrik and Ailinginae shall each be included in the electoral district with which it is most closely associated, pursuant to the customary law or any traditional practice. [2]

  6. Ebeye Island - Wikipedia

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    Ebeye is the most populous island of Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, as well as the center for Marshallese culture in the Ralik Chain of the archipelago. It comprises 80 acres (32 ha). Kwajalein is one of the largest coral atolls in the world, consisting of 97 main islands, of which Ebeye is one.

  7. List of islands by area - Wikipedia

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    Dymaxion map (Fuller map) with continental landmasses (I,II,III,IV) and largest islands (1–30) roughly to scale This list includes all islands in the world larger than 1,000 km 2 (390 sq mi). For size and location reference, the four continental landmasses are also shown.

  8. Category:Atolls of the Marshall Islands - Wikipedia

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  9. Wotje Atoll - Wikipedia

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    Wotje Atoll was claimed by the German Empire along with the rest of the Marshall Islands in 1885. [6] After World War I, the island came under the South Seas Mandate of the Empire of Japan. The Japanese established a school on the island, which served the atolls of the Ratak Chain, but otherwise left the administration in the hands of local ...