Namu

Namu
	NASA image of Namu
Waters	Pacific Ocean
archipelago	Marshall Islands
Geographical location	7 ° 59 ′ N , 168 ° 10 ′ E Coordinates: 7 ° 59 ′ N , 168 ° 10 ′ E
Number of islands	54
Main island	Namu
Land area	6.27 km²
Lagoon area	397.12 km²
Residents	780 (2011)

Namu is an atoll in the Ralik chain of the Marshall Islands . The atoll has a land area of 6.27 km², which encloses a lagoon of 397.12 km². The next atoll, Ailinglapalap , is 40 km southeast.

Pandanus trees, coconut palms , breadfruit trees , bananas and pumpkins grow on the atoll .

The inhabitants live from fishing, tourism and the production of copra .

The atoll had 801 inhabitants in 1999.

Web links

Image and short description (Engl.) ( Memento of 23 December 2010 at the Internet Archive )
Geographical information
Fauna and flora (PDF) (468 kB)