- Namu Atoll
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Namu Atoll
NASA picture of Namu AtollGeography Location North Pacific Coordinates 07°59′00″N 168°10′25″E / 7.9833333°N 168.17361°E Archipelago Ralik Total islands 51 Area 6.27 km2 (2.421 sq mi) Highest elevation 3 m (10 ft) Country Demographics Population 801 (as of 1998) Ethnic groups Marshallese Namu Atoll (Marshallese: Nam̧o, /nʲamˠɘɦˠʷ/ or [næ͡ɑm̴ɤ͡oo̯][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 kilometres (2.42 sq mi), but that encloses a lagoon of 397 square kilometres (153 sq mi). It is located approximately 62 kilometres (39 mi) south-southwest of Kwajalein Atoll.
The population of Namu Atoll was 801 in 1998.
History
Namu Atoll was claimed by the Empire of Germany along with the rest of the Marshall Islands in 1884, and the Germans established a trading post. After World War I, the island came under the South Pacific 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 independence of the Marshall Islands in 1986.
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Marshall Islands - Bold indicates populated islands
- Italics indicate single island
Ratak Chain (Sunrise, Eastern) Ralik Chain (Sunset, Western) Categories:- Atolls of the Marshall Islands
- Ralik Chain
- Municipalities of the Marshall Islands
- Marshall Islands geography stubs
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