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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Marshall Islands: Marshall Islands – sovereign Micronesian island nation located in the western North Pacific Ocean, north of Nauru and Kiribati, east of the Federated States of Micronesia, and south of the U.S. territory of Wake Island, to which it lays claim. [1]
The Marshall Islands (Marshallese: Ṃajeḷ), [5] officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands (Marshallese: Aolepān Aorōkin Ṃajeḷ), [note 1] is an island country west of the International Date Line and north of the equator in the Micronesia region of the Northwestern Pacific Ocean.
The Marshall Islands consist of two archipelagic island chains of 30 atolls and 1,152 islands, which form two parallel groups—the "Ratak" (sunrise) chain and the "Ralik" (sunset) chain. The Marshalls are located in the North Pacific Ocean and share maritime boundaries with Micronesia and Kiribati .
Johnston Atoll is located between the Marshall Islands and the Hawaiian Islands. Johnston Island has been significantly increased in size through coral dredging. Johnston Atoll is a 1,300-hectare (3,200-acre) atoll in the North Pacific Ocean , located about 750 nautical miles (1,390 km ; 860 mi ) southwest of the island of Hawaiʻi , and is ...
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When the Territory of Hawaii was incorporated on April 30, 1900, Palmyra Atoll was incorporated as part of that territory. When Hawaii became a state in 1959, however, an act of Congress excluded the atoll from the state. Palmyra remained an incorporated territory, but received no new, organized government. [10]
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).
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