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    Kwajalein Atoll (/ˈkwɑːdʒəlɪn/; Marshallese: Kuwajleen [kʷuwɑzʲ(ɛ)lʲɛːnʲ]) is part of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI). The southernmost and...
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    Battle of Kwajalein was fought as part of the Pacific campaign of World War II. It took place 31 January – 3 February 1944, on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall...
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    starvation by early 1948, and they were moved again, this time to Kwajalein Atoll. The United States used the islands and lagoon as the site of 23 nuclear...
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    Public School System operates Wotho Elementary School. Kwajalein Atoll High School on Kwajalein serves the community. Marshallese-English Dictionary -...
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    materials to the island of Mejato in the Kwajalein Atoll, 180 kilometers away. The Marshall Islands, of which Rongelap Atoll is a part, were first settled by...
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    other atolls have found evidence of human habitation dating around the 1st century CE at the village of Laura on Majuro and on Kwajalein Atoll. The Austronesian...
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    Ebeye Island (category Kwajalein Atoll)
    [ibˠɑːɛ], after the English pronunciation) is the populous island of Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, and the second most populated in the Marshall...
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    31 January, the ships began a bombardment of Kwajalein Atoll, the opening moves of the battle of Kwajalein. Maryland destroyed numerous Japanese stationary...
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    ICAO: PKWA, FAA LID: KWA) is a United States Army airfield located on Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands. Its position is ideal for refueling during trans-Pacific...
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    000 km2) and includes rocket launch sites at the Kwajalein Atoll (on multiple islands), Wake Island, and Aur Atoll. It primarily functions as a test facility...
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    Wake Island (redirect from Wake Atoll)
    kio flower'), also known as Wake Atoll, is a coral atoll in the Micronesia subregion of the Pacific Ocean. The atoll is composed of three islets – Wake...
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    as the scientific advisor to the Reagan Test Site at the U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll installation located about 2500 miles WSW of Hawaii. The laboratory...
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    Kili Island Kwajalein Atoll Lae Atoll Lib Island Namdrik Atoll Namu Atoll Rongdrik Atoll Rongelap Atoll Ujae Atoll Ujelang Atoll Wotho Atoll The Rālik Chain...
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  • aircraft with the exception of Kwajalein Atolls . Ground times at each stop are 45 minutes at Majuro, 39 minutes at Kwajalein, 33 minutes at Kosrae, 34 minutes...
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    World War II. She was named after the Battle of Kwajalein, in which American forces captured Kwajalein Atoll. The ship was launched in May 1944, commissioned...
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    capsized on the surface of Kwajalein Atoll lagoon The following above-ground nuclear device tests were conducted on or near Bikini Atoll from 1946 to 1958, comprising...
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    Marshall Islands is an island country in Oceania. In 2010, the Majuro and Kwajalein Atoll were connected to the HANTRU-1 undersea communications cable to provide...
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    Man-yi originated from an area of convection 220 km (140 mi) east of Kwajalein Atoll on November 8. Satellite imagery showed a more organized low-level...
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  • Kwajalein Atoll High School is a secondary school in Kwajalein, Marshall Islands. It is a part of the Marshall Islands Public School System. The school...
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    Addams on the 1964–1966 sitcom The Addams Family. Loring was born on Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, a United Nations Trust Territory at the time, which...
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    wordpress.com. Bikini Atoll. 23 January 2012. Since 1985, most of the Rongelapese community lives on the Mejatto Island of Kwajalein Atoll, due to radioactive...
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  • Bigej Island (category Kwajalein Atoll)
    Begej /ˈbiːdʒiː/ (Marshallese: Pikeej, [pʲiɡɛːtʲ]) Island is part of Kwajalein Atoll in the Ralik Chain in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), 2...
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  • Legan may refer to: Legan, islet near Kwajalein Atoll Legan, Ballyloughloe, a townland in Ballyloughloe civil parish, barony of Clonlonan, County Westmeath...
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    An atoll (/ˈæt.ɒl, -ɔːl, -oʊl, əˈtɒl, -ˈtɔːl, -ˈtoʊl/) is a ring-shaped island, including a coral rim that encircles a lagoon. There may be coral islands...
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    Roi-Namur (category Kwajalein Atoll)
    (/ˌrɔɪ nəˈmʊər/ roy nə-MOOR) is an island in the north part of the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Today it is a major part of the Ronald Reagan...
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    Oye TV) and TVMax, both starting in 2005. AFN-Kwajalein at the Reagan Missile Test Range on Kwajalein Atoll is the only civilian-run affiliate in AFN, broadcasting...
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    primary ground station at Kwajalein Atoll, and the burst alert stations in the Galápagos, Ascension, Gabon, Kwajalein Atoll, and Kiribati. MIT/CSR designed...
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    Islands after Kwajalein. It encloses a much smaller lagoon than Kwajalein, with an area of 760 square kilometers (290 sq mi). The atoll is separated by...
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    International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its calendar advanced...
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  • (surname) Menshikov Island in the Sea of Okhotsk Menshikov Atoll, a former name of Kwajalein Atoll, part of the Marshall Islands Menshikov Palace (Saint Petersburg)...
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