Maloelap Atoll

The Maloelap Atoll is a coral atoll of 71 islands in the Pacific Ocean, and forms a legislative district of the Ratak Chain of the . Its land area is only 9.8 square kilometers, but that encloses a lagoon of 972 square kilometers.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: atoll of the Mrashall Islands
  • Also known as: Maloelap Atoll, Marshall Islands

Maloelap Atoll

Latitude
8.7602° or 8° 45′ 37″ north
Longitude
171.0486° or 171° 2′ 55″ east
Population
856
Open location code
6VWHQ26X+3F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 358211809
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
7303506
Wiki­data ID
Q567926
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Vietnamese—“Maloelap Atoll” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: Maloelap
  • Catalan: Maloelap
  • Cebuano: Maloelap Atoll
  • Chinese: 馬洛埃拉普環礁
  • Dutch: Maloelap Atoll
  • Finnish: Maloelap
  • French: îles Salkitoff
  • French: Maloelap
  • Galician: Atol Maloelap
  • German: Maloelap
  • Hungarian: Maloelap Atoll
  • Indonesian: Atol Maloelap
  • Italian: Maloelap
  • Japanese: マロエラップ環礁
  • Korean: 말로엘라프 환초
  • Lithuanian: Maloelapas
  • Macedonian: Малоелап
  • Persian: آب‌سنگ حلقوی ماولاپ
  • Polish: Maloelap
  • Portuguese: Atol Maloelap
  • Russian: Малоэлап
  • Spanish: Maloelap
  • Swedish: Maloelap
  • Turkish: maloelap atoll
  • Ukrainian: Малоелап
  • Urdu: مالوئلاپ جزیرہ مرجانی
  • Vietnamese: Maloelap

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