Marshall Islands Atoll Information

Ujelang Atoll


Atoll Information

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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
Ujelang Ujla~ 9°50' 160°55' 32 1.74 23 65.97 24 2.63 12

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

 

Alternative names

The following alternative names have been used on European charts
logbooks and the accounts of visitors:
Arecifos
Arrecife
Casobos I.
Jane's I. (James 1865)
Kewley (Kewley 1867)
Morning Star (James 1865)
Providence (Barclay 1811)
Wuidjlang

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


Outjockey -- Ulejang Atoll
Soupcon -- Ujelang Atoll
 

Public Health

 

Environmental Data

View a 1881 map of Ujelang Atoll

Map of Ujelang Atoll (1897)
Map of Plantations on Ujelang Atoll
 

Historic Data

List of the Foreign property holdings during the German Colonial Period

Historic Demographic Information for the Marshall Islands--Ujelang Atoll

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

Historic Copra Production by Atoll --Ujelang Atoll

 

Photos

 

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Bibliography




Bibliographic citation for this document

Spennemann, Dirk HR (1998-05). Atoll Information.
URL: http:/marshall.csu.edu.au/Marshalls/html/atolls/ujelang.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


© Dirk H.R. Spennemann 1999
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