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The Ratak Chain (Ratak [rˠɑːdˠɑk], [1] Marshallese for 'sunrise') is a chain of islands and atolls within the island nation of the Marshall Islands. Ratak means "sunrise". It lies to the east of the country's other island chain, the Ralik Chain. In 1999, the total population of the Ratak islands was 30,925. [citation needed]
The Maloelap Atoll (Marshallese: M̧aļoeļap, [mˠɑlˠɔːɛlˠɑpʲ] [1]) (also spelled Maleolap) is a coral atoll of 71 islands in the Pacific Ocean, and forms a legislative district of the Ratak Chain of the Marshall Islands. Its land area is only 9.8 square kilometers (3.8 sq mi), but that encloses a lagoon of 972 square kilometers (375 ...
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).
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.
Namu Atoll (Marshallese: Naṃo, [1]) is a coral atoll of 54 islands in the Pacific Ocean, and forms a legislative district of the Ralik Chain of the Marshall Islands.Its total land area is only 6.27 square kilometers (2.42 sq mi), but that encloses a lagoon of 397 square kilometers (153 sq mi).
Arno Atoll (Marshallese: Arņo, [1]) is a coral atoll of 133 islands in the Pacific Ocean, and forms a legislative district of the Ratak Chain of the Marshall Islands. Its total land area is only 5 square miles (13 km 2). Unlike most other atolls, Arno encloses three different lagoons, a large central one, and two smaller ones in the north and ...
Knox Atoll was claimed by the German Empire along with the rest of the Marshall Islands in 1885. [2] After World War I , the island came under the South Seas Mandate of the Empire of Japan . Following the end of World War II , it came under the control of the United States as part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands until the ...
The Marshall Islands are the site of a number of seamounts. These volcanoes form several groups, including the Ralik Chain , the Ratak Chain and some seamounts around Anewetak . [ 1 ] These seamounts are in turn part of a larger province that extends from the South Pacific to the Mariana Trench and is characterized by unusually shallow ocean ...