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Ailuk Atoll is an atoll
Atoll

An atoll is an island of coral that encircles a lagoon partially or completely....
 of 57 islets in the Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portugal explorer Ferdinand Magellan....
, with a population of 488. It was also known as Krusenstern Island, though this may also refer to other places
Krusenstern Island

Krusenstern Island is a toponym honoring the Baltic German explorer Adam Johann von Krusenstern . It was and sometimes still is used for a number of places in the Pacific Ocean:...
.

Ailuk is a legislative district of the Ratak Chain
Ratak Chain

The Ratak Chain is a chain of islands within the island nation of the Marshall Islands. Ratak means "sunrise". , the total population of the Ratak islands is 30,925....
 of the Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands

The Marshall Islands , officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands , is a Micronesian island nation in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, just west of the International Date Line and just north of the Equator....
. Its total land area is only 2.07 milesē (5.4kmē), but that encloses a lagoon
Lagoon

A lagoon is a body of comparatively shallow sea water or brackish water separated from the deeper sea by a shallow or exposed Bar , reef, or similar feature....
 of 68.47 milesē.






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Ailuk Atoll is an atoll
Atoll

An atoll is an island of coral that encircles a lagoon partially or completely....
 of 57 islets in the Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portugal explorer Ferdinand Magellan....
, with a population of 488. It was also known as Krusenstern Island, though this may also refer to other places
Krusenstern Island

Krusenstern Island is a toponym honoring the Baltic German explorer Adam Johann von Krusenstern . It was and sometimes still is used for a number of places in the Pacific Ocean:...
.

Ailuk is a legislative district of the Ratak Chain
Ratak Chain

The Ratak Chain is a chain of islands within the island nation of the Marshall Islands. Ratak means "sunrise". , the total population of the Ratak islands is 30,925....
 of the Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands

The Marshall Islands , officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands , is a Micronesian island nation in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, just west of the International Date Line and just north of the Equator....
. Its total land area is only 2.07 milesē (5.4kmē), but that encloses a lagoon
Lagoon

A lagoon is a body of comparatively shallow sea water or brackish water separated from the deeper sea by a shallow or exposed Bar , reef, or similar feature....
 of 68.47 milesē. The Major islets being: Ajelep, Aliej, Ailuk, Alkilwe, Barorkan, Biken, Enejabrok, Enejelar, Kapen and Marib. On the west side of the atoll are found the three main passes that lead in to the lagoon: Erappu Channel, Marok Channel and Eneneman Channel.