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Arno Atol
25 July 2004
Arno
Atoll, Republic of the
Marshall Islands
, is located to the east of
Micronesia
in the middle of the
Pacific Ocean
.
The
Marshall Islands
are made only of coral reefs, similar to the adjacent
countries such as
Tuvalu
and the
Republic
of
Kiribati
. The islands consist of the
Ratak
Islands
(sunrise in Marshallese), and the
Ralik
Islands
(sunset in Marshallese).
After almost four decades under
United States
administration as the easternmost part of the United
Nations Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the
Marshall Islands
attained independence in 1986.
Arno Atoll is in the
Ratak
Islands
, 20 km (12 miles) east of Majuro Atoll, where the
capital is located.
Source: NASA-Earth Observing Laboratory
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