Erikub

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Erikub
NASA image by Erikub (left, center Wotje)
NASA picture by Erikub (left, center Wotje )
Waters Pacific Ocean
archipelago Marshall Islands
Geographical location 9 ° 9 ′  N , 170 ° 0 ′  E Coordinates: 9 ° 9 ′  N , 170 ° 0 ′  E
Erikub (Marshall Islands)
Erikub
Number of islands 14th
Main island Erikub
Land area 1.53 km²
Lagoon area 230 km²
Residents uninhabited
The southwest part of the atoll
The southwest part of the atoll
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Erikub , also Ādkup or Ãdkup , is an uninhabited atoll in the Ratak chain of the Marshall Islands . The atoll has a land area of ​​1.53 km², which encloses a lagoon of 230 km². The atoll is only 8.6 km south of the neighboring atoll Wotje . The closest islands of the two atolls are 11 km apart. The highest point of the atoll is 9 m above sea level. Coconut palms grow on the island .

The largest of the 14 islands is Bokanaik (Bwokwanaik) with an area of ​​42 hectares , followed by Erikub (Ãdkup) with 29 hectares, both in the south of the atoll. Erikub is largely planted with coconut palms , while the other islands are mostly uncultivated. The atoll is visited by the inhabitants of Wotje for copra harvest .

The islands in clockwise order starting in the north:

  • Jabonwar
  • Aradojairen
  • Aradojairik
  • Guro
  • Jeldoni
  • Bogweido
  • Bogella
  • Jogan
  • Bokku (Bok)
  • Bogengoa (Bokan-koak)
  • Bwokwanaik (Bokanaik)
  • Erikub (Ãdkup)
  • Loj
  • Enego

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Edwin Horace Bryan: Guide to place names in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands: (the Marshall, Caroline and Mariana Islands) (Paperback). Honolulu: Pacific Scientific Information Center, 1971 (Original information: 0.162 sq. Mi. Or 0.112 sq.mi.).
  2. ^ F. Raymond Fosberg: A Review of the Natural History of the Marshall Islands. January 1990 (Atoll Research Bulletin No. 330) (PDF; 4.1 MB), page 91

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