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Wotje Atoll

A wartime seaplane base in the Ratak chain.

Population
816 (2021)
Islands
75

Then

  1. Late 1930s

    Japan builds a major seaplane base.

  2. 1945

    Only 1,244 of nearly 3,400 garrison troops are still alive at the surrender.

Now

Supply ships call several times a year, and an airstrip serves the atoll.

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