Wotho

Wotho
NASA image by Wotho
Waters	Pacific Ocean
archipelago	Marshall Islands
Geographical location	10 ° 6 ′  N , 165 ° 58 ′  E Coordinates: 10 ° 6 ′  N , 165 ° 58 ′  E
Number of islands	13
Main island	Wotho
Land area	4.33 km²
Lagoon area	94.92 km²
Residents	97 (2011)
Map of the atoll

Wotho ( Marshallese Wōtto [ ɔ̯ɔ͡ʌtˠːʌ͡ɔɔ̯ ]; German outdated: Schantzinsel ) is an atoll of the Ralik chain of the Marshall Islands . The atoll has a land area of ​​4.33 km², which encloses a lagoon of 94.92 km².

The German Johan Eberhard von Schantz discovered the atoll on a circumnavigation on behalf of the Russian Navy.

The atoll was radioactively contaminated by the atomic tests on Bikini Atoll , vegetables such as asparagus are inedible due to the contaminated soil and must be imported.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ German Colonial Lexicon. Edited by Heinrich Schnee. - Leipzig: Quelle & Meyer 1920. - 3 vols.

Web links

• Travel report with pictures
• Geographical information
• History of the atoll