Yabwot
Yabwot | ||
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Satellite image | ||
Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
Archipelago | Marshall Islands | |
Geographical location | 7 ° 45 '2 " N , 168 ° 58' 36" E | |
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length | 1.1 km | |
width | 520 m | |
surface | 57 ha | |
Residents | 84 (2011) 147 inhabitants / km² |
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main place | Yabwot |
Jabwot , also called Jabwat , Jabat or Jebat , is a small island in the east of the Ralik chain of the Pacific republic of the Marshall Islands .
Jabwot is about 12 kilometers east of the northeast tip of the Ailinglapalap Atoll, is surrounded by a narrow fringing reef and has a land area of almost 0.6 km².
In 1988 there were 112 people on the island, the highest number. By 1999 the population decreased again to 95.
Web links
- Short info (world-of-islands.com)
- Image on oceandots.com ( Memento from December 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- History of the island