Arno-Atoll

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The Arno Atoll is an atoll in the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean. It is the Ratak chain in the southeast of the archipelago, about 18 km to the east of Majuro Atoll, the capital of the Marshall Islands, Majuro. In good weather you can see from the Arno Atoll from the Majuro Atoll.

The atoll includes 103 islands and has a land area of 13 km ². It consists of three lagoons, a large central in the middle and two small in the north and in the east with a total area of ​​338.7 km ² The Arno Atoll has an unusual shape, so you might think that it is composed of two atolls. For this reason, the atoll was originally identified by two names, Daniel's Iceland and Pedder Iceland, during an expedition of the United States in 1845.

According to the census in 1999, the population is 2,069 people. The largest village on Arno is Ine. The most densely populated islands most Arnos are Ajeltokrok, Kobjeltak, Rearlaplap, Langør and tutu.

Arno is known for the production of copra, which is obtained from the dried meat of the coconut. The Women of Arno also challenge the traditional Kili handbags forth.

Fauna

Originally, the maiden Gecko ( Lepidodactylus lugubri ) from Arno Atoll. He lives on trees and can reach a total length of 8 cm.