Meck Island

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Meck Island
Meck Island
Meck Island
Waters Pacific Ocean
Archipelago Kwajalein Atoll
Geographical location 9 ° 0 '7 "  N , 167 ° 43' 36"  E Coordinates: 9 ° 0 '7 "  N , 167 ° 43' 36"  E
Meck Island (Marshall Islands)
Meck Island
length 1.2 km
width 360 m
surface 22 ha
Highest elevation Mount Olympus
21  m
Residents uninhabited
main place -
Map of the Kwajalein Atoll with Meck Island in the east
Map of the Kwajalein Atoll with Meck Island in the east

Meck Island (Meckinsel) is part of the Kwajalein Atoll, which is part of the Ralik chain of the Marshall Islands . The island is located in the east of the atoll south of the Eniwetak Passage .

The Mount Olympus hill is artificially raised.

According to the 1999 census , no residents were found on Meck Island.

On Meck Iceland as part of the missile test station Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site are anti-ballistic missiles tested.

Individual evidence

  1. 1999 Census of Population (no inhabited islands between Enubirr and Ningi; PDF file; 437 kB)