Ebon-Atoll

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Ebon ( German outdated: Boston Islands) is the southernmost atoll of the Ralik chain of the Marshall Islands. The atoll has a land area of 5.7 km ², which encloses a lagoon of 108.4 km ². The atoll in the South West has a navigable access to the sea.

Ebon was the first atoll in the Marshall Islands, which was evangelized (1852 ).

The atoll in 1999 had a population of 741 While on the other inhabited islands or atolls the 23 island councils are elected and depending on the atoll have a thickness of between five ( Likiep ) and 25 ( Ailinglaplap ), the Ebon Atoll Council has 83 members, as each Family a member deploys.

Five of the 22 islands of the atoll are inhabited. The 1999 census has seven locations, including three on the main island Jitoen ( Jittoen ) are that unites 402 of the 741 inhabitants of the atoll up. However, the biggest village with 267 inhabitants, is Toka on the same, the westernmost island of the atoll. The long, curving main island occupies the entire south and southeast of the atoll. The island is about 12 kilometers long and in the west to 900 feet wide, but in places only about 40 meters.

On the atoll of many bird species, including Frigate birds and terns.

On 30 January 2014, the Salvadorans Salvador José Alvarenga by locals was found on an island beach in the immediate vicinity of the Ebon Atoll. He stated that after more than 13 months of involuntary journey in his fishing boat by the sea currents of Chiapas in Mexico to be got here. The distance between two points is 10.8 thousand km.

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