Marshall Islands Atoll Information

Kwajalein 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
Kwajalein Kuwajleen 9°00' 166°05' 93 16.39 1 2,173.78 1 0.75 26

Map of Kwajalein 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:
Catherine I. (Moore 1804)
Dove (Moore 1804)
Kwadelen
Lydia (part of K.)
Menchikov (Hagemeister 1829)
Mentschikoff (Hagemeister 1829)
Menzikoff (Hagemeister 1829)
Michaleff (misnaming 1856)
Ocean I. (Moore 1804)
Quadelen (Kotzebue )

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

List of Navy Codenames
 

Environmental Data

View a 1881 map of Kwajalein Atoll

Map of Kwajalein Atoll (1897)
The Environment of Mejatto Island, Kwajalein Atoll--A Photo Essay
 

Traditions

Why Kwajalein has separate islets
Why people avoid Adrie at Kwajalien
 

Historic Data

List of the Foreign property holdings during the German Colonial Period

Historic Demographic Information for the Marshall Islands--Kwajalein Atoll

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

WWII Period Photographs of Kwajalein Atoll

Combat Chronology of the US Army Air Forces in operations against and from the Marshall Islands--Events regarding Kwajalein Atoll

Building the Navy's Bases in World War II, Kwajalein Naval Base
by US Navy. Bureau of Yards and Docks. (1947)
 

Photos

Ebeye Island Photo Gallery

Ebeye in 1989

a photo essay by Jane Downing

WWII Period Photographs of Kwajalein Atoll
Mejatto Island, Kwajalein Atoll--A Photo Essay
by Dirk HR Spennemann
Aerial Views of Kwajalein Atoll--A Photo Essay
by Dirk HR Spennemann
 

Oral Histories

Oral Tradition: Why Kwajalein has separate islets
Oral Tradition: Why people avoid Adrie at Kwajalien
 

Bibliographies

Bibliography



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Bibliographic citation for this document

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