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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).
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.
Oceanside on Gugeegue Gugeegue's pier and dock area. Guegeegue Island is an island located in the Kwajalein Atoll of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. [1] It is connected by causeway to Ebeye Island, the second most populated island in the nation, and is the northernmost island so connected.
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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
Eleven of the 97 islands, including Kwajalein Island and Roi-Namur, where the wave occurred, are leased by the United States military to serve as the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site.
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 ...
Aerial view. Omelek Island (/ ˈ oʊ m əl ɛ k /; Marshallese: Kom̧le, pronounced [kʷomˠ(ɤ)lʲe]) [1] is part of the Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands.It is controlled by the United States military under a long-term lease (along with ten other islands in the atoll) and is part of the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site.