Marshall Islands Atoll Information

Likiep Atoll


Atoll Information

Atoll (name) Location Number
of
Islets
Land area (km2) Lagoon area (km2) Ratio land to lagoon area (km2)
English Marshallese North East area rank area rank ratio rank
Likiep Likiep 9°54' 169°10' 64 10.26 6 424.01 10 2.42 13

Map of Likiep Atoll (Source: Office of Planning and Statistics 1989

Sketchmap of Likiep
 

Alternative names

The following alternative names have been used on European charts
logbooks and the accounts of visitors:

Count Heyden (Kotzebue 1824)
Graf Heyden (Kotzebue 1824)
Hayden
Legieb
Ligieb

US. Navy Codenames used during WWII and during the nuclear testing period


Drumfire -- Likiep Atoll
 

Environmental Data

View a 1881 map of Likiep Atoll

Sketchmap of Likiep
Map of Likiep Atoll (1897)
Map of Likiep Island, Likiep Atoll (1897)
 

Historic Data

List of the Foreign property holdings during the German Colonial Period

Historic Demographic Information for the Marshall Islands--Likiep Atoll

Chronological listing of ships visiting the Marshall Islands until 1885 --Likiep Atoll

Historic Copra Production by Atoll --Likiep Atoll

 

Photos

Moveable Heritage, Likiep Village Historic Site The Joachim de Brum House—Likiep Historic Village Likomju de Brum House—Likiep Historic Village Likiep Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands



Bibliographic citation for this document

Spennemann, Dirk H.R. (1998-2002). Albury:
URL: http:/marshall.csu.edu.au/Marshalls/html/atolls/likiep.html

CONTACT:
Dirk H.R. Spennemann, Institute of Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt University, P.O.Box 789, Albury NSW 2640, Australia.
e-mail: dspennemann@csu.edu.au


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