Kwajalein Island
Coordinates: 8°43′N 167°44′E / 8.717°N 167.733°E
Kwajalein Atoll (/ˈkwɑːdʒəlᵻn/; Marshallese: Kuwajleen [kʷuɒ͡æzʲ(æ)lʲɛːnʲ]) is part of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI). The southernmost and largest island in the atoll is named Kwajalein Island, which its majority English-speaking residents (about 1,000 mostly U.S. civilian personnel) often called by the shortened name, Kwaj /ˈkwɑːdʒ/. The total land area of the atoll amounts to just over 6 square miles (16 km2).
The atoll lies in the Ralik Chain, 2,100 nautical miles (3900 km) southwest of Honolulu, Hawaii.
Kwajalein is one of the world's largest coral atolls as measured by area of enclosed water. Comprising 97 islands and islets, it has a land area of 16.4 km² (6.33 mi²) and surrounds one of the largest lagoons in the world, with an area of 2174 km² (839 mi²). The average height above sea level for all the islands is about 1.8 metres (5 ft 11 in).
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