Ailuk

Ailuk
	NASA image by Ailuk
Waters	Pacific Ocean
archipelago	Marshall Islands
Geographical location	10 ° 20 ' N , 169 ° 56' E Coordinates: 10 ° 20 ' N , 169 ° 56' E
Number of islands	57
Main island	Ailuk
length	29.5 km
width	14 km
Land area	5.36 km²
Lagoon area	177.34 km²
total area	238 km²
Residents	339 (2011)
	Map of the Ailuk Atoll

Ailuk (German outdated: Krusenstern Islands ) is an atoll of the Ratak chain of the Marshall Islands . The atoll has a land area of 5.36 km² with a lagoon area of 177 km². At the 1999 census, the population was 513.

55 of the 57 atoll islands are lined up on the eastern edge of the atoll like on a string of pearls. The two other islands are comparatively isolated on the south side of the atoll (Enije) and on the western corner (Alkilwe or Aglue).

The most important islands of the atoll were all inhabited in 1988 (10), each with a village. In 1999 only seven islands were still inhabited (clockwise, starting in the north):

island	Population 1988	Population 1999
Capes	14th	7th
Enejabrok (Enijabro)	43	22nd
Enejelar	55	5
Biking (Bigen)	8th	13
Ajelep (Ageleb)	4th	4th
Aliej (Aliet)	14th	11
Barorkan (Bererjan)	3	-
Marib (Maribw)	8th	-
Ailuk	333	451
Alkilwe (Aglue)	6th	-
Ailuk atoll	488	513

The population is increasingly concentrated on the main island of Ailuk in the southeast. In 1988 68 percent of the atoll population lived there, and in 1999 almost 88 percent.

There are a total of three navigable passages into the lagoon . These lie in the northwest between Alkilwe and Kapen, from north to south: Eneneman , Moroccan and Erappu . The latter is the best passage. A smaller passage called Enije Channel lies between the islands of Enije and Alkilwe in the southwest.

Web links

Image and short description (English) ( Memento of 10 September 2011 at the Internet Archive )
Information on the atoll (English) ( Memento of 15 December 2013, Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

^ Heinrich Schnee (ed.): German Colonial Lexicon. Quelle & Meyer, Leipzig 1920. 3 volumes.
↑ Land Area and Population Density by Atolls and Islands (persons per square mile): 1973 to 1999
↑ List - Geography of Marshall Island (PDF; 447 kB)

Web links

Commons : Ailuk Atoll - Collection of images, videos and audio files

[1] Heinrich Schnee (ed.): German Colonial Lexicon. Quelle & Meyer, Leipzig 1920. 3 volumes.

[2] Land Area and Population Density by Atolls and Islands (persons per square mile): 1973 to 1999

[3] List - Geography of Marshall Island (PDF; 447 kB)