The Marshall Islands consist of two archipelagic island chains of 30 atolls and 1,152 islands, which form two parallel groups—the "Ratak" (sunrise) chain and the "Ralik" (sunset) chain. The Marshalls are located in the North Pacific Ocean and share maritime boundaries with Micronesia and …

2025年2月15日 · Marshall Islands, country in the central Pacific Ocean. It consists of some of the easternmost islands of Micronesia. The Marshalls are composed of more than 1,200 island s and islets in two parallel chains of coral atoll s—the Ratak, or Sunrise, to the east and the Ralik, or Sunset, to the west.

2023年8月23日 · Covering a total land area of only 180 sq.km, Marshall Islands consist of 29 low-lying coral atolls comprising 1,156 individual islands and islets; scattered over 1,900,000 sq.km area in the central Pacific Ocean.

The territory consists of 29 coral atolls and five main islands as well as 1,220 other very small ones, [7] divided across two island chains: Ratak in the east and Ralik in the west. 97.87% of its territory is water, the largest proportion of water to land of any sovereign state.

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The Marshall Islands lie between latitude 4-14°N. and longitude 160-173°E. The 29 coral atolls and 5 single islands of the Marshall Islands form two parallel groups extending northwest and southeast-the Ratak ("Sunrise") Chain and Ralik ("Sunset") chain.

Topography: low coral limestone and sand islands. Elevation: highest point: East-central Airik Island, Maloelap Atoll 14 meters; lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 meters; mean elevation: 2 meters. Land Use: agricultural land: 50.7 percent (2018 estimate).

2024年10月3日 · The Marshall Islands is an island nation in the central Pacific Ocean, consisting of 29 atolls and five isolated islands covering about 70 square miles (181 square kilometers). The country lies between Hawaii and Australia, with no direct borders. The population is about 42,000, living primarily on the atolls of Majuro and Kwajalein.

2022年10月31日 · Geography . The Marshall Islands, east of the Carolines, are divided into two chains: the western, or Ralik, group, including the atolls Jaluit, Kwajalein, Wotho, Bikini, and Eniwetok; and the eastern, or Ratak, group, including …

Each of the major atolls, crowns of submerged mountains, consists of numerous small islets set in coral reefs surrounding irregularly shaped lagoons—the total number of these islets reaches about 1,150. Kwajalein Atoll has the world's largest lagoon, with 98 associated islets.