Erikub

Erikub
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
Number of islands	14th
Main island	Erikub
Land area	1.53 km²
Lagoon area	230 km²
Residents	uninhabited
The southwest part of the atoll

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

Web links

• Image and short description (Engl.) ( Memento of 23 December 2010 at the Internet Archive )
• Geographical information