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Encyclopedia > Ailuk Atoll

Ailuk Atoll is an atoll of 55 islands in the Pacific Ocean. It is a legislative district of the Ratak Chain of the Marshall Islands. Its total land area is only 2.07 miles², but that encloses a lagoon of 68.47 miles². The Ratak Chain is a chain of islands within the island nation of the Marshall Islands. ... A lagoon is a body of comparatively shallow salt water separated from the deeper sea by a shallow or exposed sandbank, coral reef, or similar feature. ...


The population of Ailuk Atoll is 488.



 
 

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