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  2. Kwajalein Atoll - Wikipedia

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    Kwajalein Island's population is about 1,000, mostly made of Americans with a small number of Marshall Islanders and other nationalities, all of whom require express permission from the U.S. Army to live there. [11] Some 13,500 Marshallese citizens live on the atoll, most of them on Ebeye Island. [12]

  3. 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.

  4. List of islands of the Marshall Islands - Wikipedia

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    Islands and atolls of the Marshall Islands. Uninhabited ones are labeled in grey. Population distribution in the 2010s. The Republic of Marshall Islands consists of 30 atolls (each made up of many islets) and 5 islands, which can be divided into two island chains, Ralik Chain and Ratak Chain.

  5. Marshall Islands - Wikipedia

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    Map of the Marshall Islands Aerial view of Majuro, one of the many atolls that make up the Marshall Islands Beach scenery at the islet of Eneko, Majuro View of the coast of Bikini Atoll from above View of Marshall Islands Kwajalein atoll is another important population center for the Marshall islands Closer view of Kwajalein atoll reveals a ...

  6. Geography of the Marshall Islands - Wikipedia

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    The archipelago includes the atolls of Bikini, Enewetak, Kwajalein, Majuro, Rongelap, and Utirik. The total area of the islands is equal to the size of the City of Washington, DC. The largest atoll with a land area of 6 square miles (16 km 2) is Kwajalein. [1] The terrain consists of low coral limestone and sand islands.

  7. Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site - Wikipedia

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    An exoatmospheric kill vehicle (kinetic penetrator, mid-phase) is launched from Meck Island on 3 December 2001. The Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, commonly referred to as the Reagan Test Site (formerly Kwajalein Missile Range), is a missile test range in Marshall Islands (Pacific Ocean).

  8. 'Rogue' or 'sneaker?' What caused the giant wave in the ... - AOL

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    The big wave happened on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024, on the island of Roi-Namur, part of the Kwajalein Atoll, in the Marshall Islands. The wave caused significant damage to Dyess Army Field and ...

  9. Roi-Namur - Wikipedia

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    Roi-Namur (/ ˌ r ɔɪ n ə ˈ m ʊər / roy nə-MOOR) is an island in the north part of the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.Today it is a major part of the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, hosting several radar systems used for tracking and characterizing missile reentry vehicles (RV) and their penetration aids (penaids).