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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.
The Marshall Islands are one of only four atoll based nations in the entire world. Austronesian settlers reached the Marshall Islands as early as the 2nd millennium BC and introduced Southeast Asian crops, including coconuts , giant swamp taro , and breadfruit , as well as domesticated chickens, which made the islands permanently habitable.
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]
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).
Situated at the northwesternmost tip of the atoll, it is the largest island and one of the few inhabited ones on the atoll. Together with a few other small islands, it forms part of the "outer islands" of the Marshalls. [1] The island is located to the east of the Likiep Atoll, between Jeltonet in the southwest and Anejaej in the northwest. The ...
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. Natural resources include coconut products, marine products, and deep seabed minerals.
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 ...
Majuro Atoll, along with the rest of the Marshall Islands, became part of the German Empire in 1885, and afterwards the Jaluit Trading Company established a trading outpost. [6] As with the rest of the Marshalls, Majuro was captured by the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1914 during World War I [ 6 ] and mandated to the Empire of Japan by the League ...