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	Ratak Chain: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
		The Austral Islands are a chain of five islands in French Polynesia...Lucayans, thus depopulating the entire island chain by 1520.
		...the mid-1880s, the Marshalls, a double chain of atolls scattered at the eastern end...ashore on the atoll of Lae in the Ralik chain of the Marshalls, where they were set...hove in view of Ujae Atoll in the Ralik chain of the Marshalls.
		Next in the chain of command was Vice Adm. Raymond A. Spruance...operational phase, his position in the chain of command was ambiguous.
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/ratak-chain.jsp?l=R&p=1 (524 words)

	Society - HPO - Marshall Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Ralik Chain was subsequently divided into two districts, one including Namu and the north islands, the other Jabat, Ailinglaplap, and the islands south.
		The whole chain was never integrated under a single Iroojlaplap, although the Iroojlaplap of Maloelap was able to put the islands to the north (except for Mejit) under his rule.
		The Ralik and Maloelap associations were unstable and varied in size as local lesser irooj tested the strength of their islands against that of the Iroojlaplap.
	www.alele.org /HP/society2.html (313 words)

	Pacific Ocean : Marshall Islands
		The group consists of two loose chains of atolls: the Ratak Chain (in the east) and the Ralik Chain (in the west).
		The easterly Ralik Chain consists of the 15 atolls of Ailinginae, Ailinglapalap, Bikini, Ebon, Enewetak, Jaluit, Kwajalein, Lae, Namorik, Namu, Rongelap, Rongerik, Ujae, Ujelang, and Wotho; and the three small islands of Jabwot, Kili, and Lib.
		In the west, the Ratak chain consists of the 14 atolls of Ailuk, Arno, Aur, Bikar, Bokak, Erikub, Knox (Nadikdik), Likiep, Majuro, Maloelap, Mili, Taka, Utrik and Wotje; and the two islands of Jemo and Mejit.
	oceandots.com /pacific/marshall (293 words)

	Protected Areas Programme - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The islands form two parallel chains, the Ratak ("sunrise") Islands in the east and the Ralik ("sunset") Islands in the west.
		A small freshwater pond in the central depression of Ellep (Lib) Island, a low coral sand island in the Ralik Chain.
		Situated at the end of the Micronesian chain and relatively close, by Pacific standards, to the continents of Asia and North America, the Marshall Islands have attracted a wide variety of migratory waterfowl as rare stragglers or vagrants.
	sea.unep-wcmc.org /sites/wetlands/mhl_int.htm (2183 words)

	Ralik Islands Flag
		Ralik Islands - Western chain of islands in the Marshall Islands, including 15 atolls and three coral islands in a long chain about 750 miles in length.
		Germany took over the direct administration of the Ralik Islands in 1885 and governed them until the outbreak of World War I in 1914.
		Following the American War with Spain in 1898-1899 the Ralik Islands were combined with former Spanish islands purchased by Germany and administered as an Imperial Colony.
	www.geocities.com /songkhla.geo/RALIK.html#OTHER (278 words)

	Search Results for Ralik - Encyclopædia Britannica
		coral formation in the Ralik (western) chain of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, in the western Pacific Ocean.
		coral formation in the Ralik (western) chain of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, situated in the west-central Pacific Ocean.
		The Marshalls are composed of two parallel chains of coral atolls—the Ratak, or Sunrise, to the...
	www.britannica.com /search?query=Ralik&submit=Find&source=MWTAB (240 words)

	Bikini -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		an atoll in the Ralik (western) chain of the Marshall Islands in the central Pacific Ocean.
		coral island in the Ralik chain of the Marshall Islands, west-central Pacific Ocean.
		atoll, northwestern end of the Ralik chain, Republic of the Marshall Islands, in the western Pacific Ocean.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9001554 (633 words)

	TheSea.Org :: Oceania - Marshall Islands
		The Marshall Islands are a complex of 28 coral atolls and 5 small (non-atoll) islands lying in two broad chains, the eastern Ratak (sunrise) chain and the western Ralik (sunset) chain.
		The two chains were probably formed by plate movement over a volcanic hotspot, although there is no current volcanic activity.
		The Marshalls are comprised of 29 atolls and five major islands, which form two parallel groups--the "Ratak" (sunrise) chain and the "Ralik"(sunset) chain.
	www.thesea.org /coral_reef/world_reefs/oceania_marshall.php (1240 words)

	Ralik Chain -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Ralik Chain is a chain of islands within the island nation of the (A group of coral islands in eastern Micronesia) Marshall Islands.
		The total population of the Ralik islands (additional info and facts about as of 1999) as of 1999 is 19,915.
		List of (An island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon) atolls and isolated islands in the chain:
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ra/ralik_chain.htm (135 words)

	Marshall Islands Municipalities
		It also shows two chains of islands, which are a higher level of subdivision than the municipalities (i.e., each chain includes numerous municipalities).
		Chain: The atolls of the Marshall Islands lie in two rows, the Ralik
		chain (ISO code: L) to the west and the Ratak chain (T) to the east.
	www.statoids.com /ymh.html (357 words)

	OIA: Chapter 8
		The Ratak Chain consists of fourteen atolls and two islands, while the Ralik Chain consists of fifteen atolls and three islands.
		The capital of the Marshall Islands is in Majuro Atoll which is one of the atolls in the Ratak Chain.
		The other urban area is in the Ralik Chain, Ebeye Island, part of Kwajalein Atoll, many of whose other islands military forces of the U.S. Government have used since 1945.
	www.doi.gov /oia/StateIsland/chapter8.html (2586 words)

	Spennemann & Benjamin, Notes on the Avifauna of Ebon Atoll, Marshall Islands
		With the exception of the two northwestern atolls, Enewetak and Ujelang, the Marshall Islands are arranged in two island chains running roughly NNW to SSE: the western Ralik Chain and the eastern Ratak Chain.
		Ebon Atoll is located in the Ralik Chain at 4deg.38' North and 168deg.40' East comprises of 22 islets with a combined land area of 5.75 km2 which makes it the 14th largest atoll in the Marshall Islands (not counting Eneen-Kio).
		The Marshall Islands are located at the western end of the Micronesian chain of islands (Marianas-Carolines-Marshalls) and at the northern perimeter of the Central Pacific chain (Marshalls-Kiribati-Tuvalu-Fiji).
	marshall.csu.edu.au /Marshalls/html/birds/ebonbirds.html (2109 words)

	Marshall Islands - Travel Guide, Travel Agents, Hotels & Lodging, Tour Operators, Attractions and Sightseeing - All ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Marshall islands form two vast parallel chains of atolls scattered over 750,000 square miles of the tranquil Central Pacific.
		The chains are called the Ratak (sunrise chain) and Ralik (sunset chain) and together, they encompass 29 atolls and 5 individual islands totaling abut 1,225 islands and 870 reef systems.
		The most important atoll of the Ralik chain is the Kwajalein atoll.
	www.alltraveltourism.com /oceania/Marshall-Islands/Marshall-Islands.htm (212 words)

	Ralik Chain
		Kwajalein - Kwajalein, coral atoll, 6.5 sq mi (16.8 sq km), central Pacific, in the Ralik Chain of the...
		Enewetak - Enewetak, Enewetok,or Eniwetok, circular atoll, central Pacific, one of the Ralik Chain in the...
		Bikini - Bikini, atoll, c.2 sq mi (5.2 sq km), W central Pacific, one of the Ralik Chain, Marshall Islands.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0917958.html (107 words)

	Marshallese
		The atolls of the Marshall Islands run north and south in two parallel chains called Ratak, eastern chain, and the Ralik western chain.
		Jaluit atoll is located among the Ralik chain of atolls.
		An atoll is a beautiful coral island and reef that nearly, or entirely, closes off a lagoon beach area.
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/cultural/oldworld/pacific/marshallese.html (1078 words)

	HyperWar: Seizure of the Gilberts and Marshalls [Chapter 11]
		All of the islands are coral and most of them are atolls, each consisting normally of a low-lying chain of islands connected partially by reefs and surrounding a lagoon.
		The coral chain of some of the larger atolls extends upward of a hundred miles, encircling vast areas of water.
		General Smith's position in the chain of command in relation to Admiral Turner was made clearer than it had been in the Gilberts operation, and his authority was more precisely defined.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USA/USA-P-Gilberts/USA-P-Gilberts-11.html (7318 words)

	Marshall Islands: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
		The major atolls are Majuro, the capital; Arno; Ailinglaplap; Jaluit, with a fine natural harbor, the archipelago's chief trade center; and Kwajalein, the largest atoll and site of a U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile test range.
		Located in the Ratak Chain in the W central Pacific...wreckage left from World War II.
		...the Ralik Chain in the U.S. Marshall Islands.
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/101257613 (1944 words)

	Medical and Nursing jobs in Kwajalein - MedHunters
		The Republic of the Marshall Islands is made up of two north-south running island chains – the Ratak Chain to the east and the Ralik Chain to the west – which are located in the west central Pacific.
		These chains are comprised of 30 atolls (low-lying coral islands, each consisting of a reef surrounding a lagoon) and 1,152 islets and...
		Kwajalein is located about 700 miles north of the equator, in the same general latitude as the southern Philippines and the same general longitude as the southern tip of New Zealand's South Island.
	www.medhunters.com /jobs/kw-mhl.html (243 words)

	Geography
		The Republic of the Marshall islands consists of 29 atolls each made up of many islets and 5 islands in the central Pacific between 4 degrees and 14 degrees North, and 160 degrees and 173 degrees East.
		The atolls and islands are situated in two almost parallel chain-like formations known as the Ratak (Sunrise) group and Ralik (Sunset) group.
		The total number of islands and islets in the whole Republic is approximately 1,225 spreading across a sea area of over 750,000 square miles.
	www.rmiembassyus.org /Geography.htm (693 words)

	About the PPG
		In the east is the Ratak or Sunrise chain, to the west is the Ralik or Sunset chain.
		Two atolls were selected to form the PPG, Bikini Atoll and Enewetak (formerly Eniwetok) Atoll, both at the northern extreme of the Ralik chain.
		The PPG officially consisted of the two atolls, their land areas and lagoon, and the open ocean area within three miles of the atolls.
	nuclearweaponarchive.org /Usa/Tests/Ppg.html (554 words)

	Ralik Chain - TheBestLinks.com - Marshall Islands, Atoll, Bikini Atoll, As of 1999, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Ralik Chain - TheBestLinks.com - Marshall Islands, Atoll, Bikini Atoll, As of 1999,...
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	www.thebestlinks.com /Ralik_Chain.html (108 words)

	ralik chain - OneLook Dictionary Search (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Tip: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "ralik chain" is defined.
		Ralik Chain : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
		Ralik Chain : Columbia Encyclopedia, Six Edition [home, info]
	www.onelook.com /?w=ralik+chain (84 words)

	EnenKio National Symbols (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The white ray stands for the Ratak Chain, the orange for the Ralik Chain; "sunrise" and "sunset" respectively.
		A single white star, symbolizes Eneen-Kio Atoll perched at the pinnacle of the archipelago as a jewel in the "crown" of the Monarch and one of the most treasured atolls of
		The other shield contains blue and yellow, the colors of war, conflict, piracy, domination, the seeds of nature to destroy the spirit of the native people by "superior" and "benevolent" foreign armies, depriving them of their lands.
	www.enenkio.org /symbols.htm (479 words)

	Irony of a Wave Hunt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Throughout my years on Kwajalein, while we surfed our favorite spots, I always imagined the northeast atolls, the Ratak (Sunrise) chain, as having more consistent and epic waves – a little wave is steeper in the other atoll syndrome.
		Kwajalein on the other hand is located in the Ralik (Sunset) chain of the Marshall Islands tucked southwest of the Ratak chain.
		I surmised that these northeast atolls were responsible for blocking many swells from reaching Kwaj.
	www.svcherokee.com /pages/Bogerik.htm (950 words)

	Wake Island
		Utilizing a format derived from the Marshallese Republic flag, yet distinct in its own right, the "royal" blue background, representing the vastness of Pacific Ocean waters surrounding the islands of EnenKio Atoll, is penetrated by two expanding diagonal "Rays" of color, depicting the two island chains of the Republic, our closest southern neighbor.
		A single white star, symbolizing Eneen-Kio Atoll, stands at the pinnacle of the archipelago, as a jewel in the "crown" of the Monarch, one of the most treasured atolls of his ancestral heritage of the King's 10 atolls in the Ratak chain.
		The white color in the star stands for the dawning of the light of justice, freedom, prosperity and truth.
	www.allstates-flag.com /fotw/flags/um-wak-ek.html (622 words)

	Marshall Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		For convenience, they are grouped into two chains: the Ratak Chain on the east, and the Ralik chain on the west.
		The Ratak (Sunrise) chain stretches from Mili to Taongi, and includes Majuro.
		The Ralik (Sunset) chain stretches from Ebon to Enewetak (Eniwetok).
	www.statoids.com /umh.html (199 words)

	The Colonial Legacy
		According to the Close Up Foundation’s Micronesia: A Guide Through the Centuries (2000), the first two prominent leaders of the islands were Lomadre Juen and Kaiboke Lobadeo.
		In 1823, Lomadre Juen became the first iroojlaplap of the Ratak Chain and part of the Ralik Chain.
		Kaiboke Lobadeo assumed power as iroojlaplap of the southern part of the Ralik Chain of islands and atolls in 1842.
	www.prel.org /products/paced/apr04/re_colonial.htm (1374 words)

	HyperWar: USMC Operations in WWII: Vol III--Central Pacific Drive [Chapter III-1]
		The Marshalls consist of two island chains, Ratak (Sunrise) in the east and Ralik (Sunset) in the west.
		Those of the greatest military importance by late 1943 were Mille, Maloelap, and Wotje in the Ratak chain, and in the Ralik chain, Jaluit, Kwajalein, and Eniwetok.
		In May 1943, at the Washington Conference, the CCS recommended to the Allied heads of state that an offensive be launched into the Marshalls.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USMC/III/USMC-III-III-1.html (10179 words)

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