Ujelang Atoll
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Ujelang Atoll is an uninhabited coral atoll of 30 islands in the Pacific Ocean, in the Ralik Chain of the Marshall Islands. Its total land area is 1.86 square kilometers, and it encloses a lagoon of 1
Ujelang Atoll, taken in space in 1984 during the STS-41-B mission.
Marshall Islands
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The Marshall Islands, officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands, is an archipelagic country in Oceania. The sovereign state lies west of the International Date Line and north of the equator in t
Ujelang Atoll
…Ujelang Atoll (Marshallese: Wūjlan̄, ) is an uninhabited coral atoll of 30 islands in the Pacific Ocean, in the Ralik Chain of the Marshall Islands. Its total land area is 1.86 square kilometers (0.72 sq mi), and it encloses a lagoon of 185.94 square kilometers (71.79 sq mi). It is the westernmost…
Marshall Islanders sailing, with sails brailed (reefed), c. 1899–1900
A Marshallese stick chart. Most were made from a grid of coconut frond midribs with small shells representing the relative location of islands.
Manila Galleon in the Marianas and Carolines, c. 1590 Boxer Codex
Offices of the Pacific Navigation Co. at Jaluit Atoll in the late 1880s