Namu Atoll

Namu Atoll
Namu Atoll

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Namu Atoll is located in Marshall islands
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Namu Atoll (Marshall islands)
Geography
Location North Pacific
Coordinates 07°59′00″N 168°10′25″E / 7.9833333°N 168.17361°E / 7.9833333; 168.17361
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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