Ailuk Atoll

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Ailuk ( German outdated: Krusenstern Islands ) is an atoll in the Ratak Chain of the Marshall Islands. The atoll has a land area of 5.36 km ² with a lagoon area of ​​177 km ². At the 1999 census the population was 513

55 of 57 atoll islands are located on the eastern atoll rim lined up like pearls on a string. The other two islands are relatively isolated on the south side of the atoll ( Enije ) and on the west corner ( Alkilwe or Aglue ).

The main islands of the atoll were all still inhabited in 1988 (10 ), with each village. In 1999, only seven inhabited islands ( clockwise from the north):

The population is increasingly concentrated on the main island Ailuk in the southeast. 1988 lived there 68 percent of the atoll population, in 1999 nearly 88 percent.

There are a total of three navigable passages into the lagoon. These lie in the northwest between Alkilwe and capes, from north to south: Eneneman, Marok and Erappu. The latter is the best passage. A small passage with the name Enije Channel lies between the islands Enije and Alkilwe in the southwest.