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Kwajalein Atoll
One of the world's biggest lagoons, and a missile test range.
- Population
- 9,789 (2021)
- Battle
- February 1944
- Lagoon
- 2,174 km²
Then
- 1944
US forces assault the atoll on January 31. Of 8,782 Japanese, 7,870 die.
- 1940–1945
Roi and Namur are joined into one island.
- 2006
The US lease on 11 islands for the Reagan Test Site is extended to 2066.
Now
Most people live on crowded Ebeye. The tide stations are on Kwajalein island and Roi-Namur.