Roi-Namur
Roi-Namur is an island in the north part of the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Today, the island is a major part of the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, hosting several radar systems used for tracking and characterizing missile reentry vehicles and their penetration aids.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dyess Army Airfield.
Dyess Army Airfield
Aerodrome
Dyess Army Airfield is a military airfield on Roi-Namur, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands. It is owned by the United States Army. Approximately 60 U.S. personnel reside on the base, with an additional 100 personnel commuting from Bucholz Army Airfield daily by plane.
Roi-Namur
- Type: Island
- Description: in the Marshall Islands, previously the two separate islands Roi and Namur, now joined by landfill
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Kwajalein, Ralik, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Oceania
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Latitude
9.39564° or 9° 23′ 44″ northLongitude
167.47694° or 167° 28′ 37″ eastPopulation
120Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)Abbreviation
“USAKA”Abbreviation
“RTS”Open location code
6VX99FWG+7QOpenStreetMap ID
node 358212186OpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
2079985Wikidata ID
Q3078841
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Roi-Namur” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Roi-Namur”
- Cebuano: “Roi-Namur (pulo)”
- Cebuano: “Roi-Namur”
- Chinese: “罗伊-纳穆尔岛”
- Chinese: “萊島”
- Czech: “Roi-Namur”
- Dutch: “Roi-Namur”
- Finnish: “Roi-Namur”
- French: “Roi-Namur”
- German: “Roi-Namur”
- Japanese: “ルオット島”
- Japanese: “ロイ＝ナムル島”
- Russian: “Рой-Намюр (остров)”
- Russian: “Рой-Намюр”
- Swedish: “Roi-Namur (ö)”
- Swedish: “Roi-Namur”
- Ukrainian: “Рой-Намур”
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