Jemo

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Jemo
LANDSAT image of Jemo Island
LANDSAT image of Jemo Island
Waters Pacific Ocean
Archipelago Ratak chain
Geographical location 10 ° 4 '45 "  N , 169 ° 31' 29"  E Coordinates: 10 ° 4 '45 "  N , 169 ° 31' 29"  E
Jemo (Marshall Islands)
Jemo
length 600 m
width 400 m
surface 22 ha
Highest elevation 1  m
Residents uninhabited

Jemo is an uninhabited island to the west of the Ratak chain of the Marshall Islands .

The small, oval island with an area of ​​0.22 km² lies between the atolls Ailuk (42 km northeast of Jemo) and Likiep (35 km southwest of Jemo). From the island, a narrow coral reef extends six kilometers to the northeast. The reef area including the island occupies 3.78 km².

The island was cleared around 1900 by residents of the Liekiep atoll and planted with coconut palms and then only inhabited seasonally for copra harvest . Before that, the island was visited about once a year, with a limited number of birds being hunted and their eggs collected.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Atoll Research Bulletin 127 (PDF; 9.0 MB)

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