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Arno Atoll is an atoll
Atoll

An atoll is an island of coral that encircles a lagoon partially or completely....
 of 133 island
Island

An island or isle is any piece of land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls are called islets....
s 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....
. It is a legislative district 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 land area is only 5 mi˛ (13 km˛). Unlike most other atolls, Arno encloses three different lagoons, a large central one, and two smaller ones in the north and east.






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Arnoatoll Aster 2002jul25
Arno Atoll is an atoll
Atoll

An atoll is an island of coral that encircles a lagoon partially or completely....
 of 133 island
Island

An island or isle is any piece of land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls are called islets....
s 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....
. It is a legislative district 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 land area is only 5 mi˛ (13 km˛). Unlike most other atolls, Arno encloses three different lagoons, a large central one, and two smaller ones in the north and east. Its main lagoon encloses an area of 130.77 mi˛ (339 km˛).

The population of the islands in the atoll was 2069 as of the 1999 census. The most populous islands are Ajeltokrok
Ajeltokrok

Ajeltokrok was one of the most populous islands in the Arno Atoll with a population of 429 when a census was conducted in 1988. It is now 0 as of 1999. It is part of the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean....
, Kobjeltak
Kobjeltak

Kobjeltak is one of the most populous islands in the Arno Atoll. It is part of the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean....
, Rearlaplap
Rearlaplap

Rearlaplap is one of the most populous islands in the Arno Atoll. It is part of the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean....
, Langor
Langor

Langor is one of the most populous islands in the Arno Atoll. It is part of the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean....
 and Tutu
Tutu (island)

Tutu is one of the most populous islands in the Arno Atoll. It is located in the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean....
. At a distance of only 20 km, it is the closest atoll to the Marshall Islands capital, Majuro Atoll, and can be seen looking east from Majuro on a clear day. The largest village is Ine, Arno.

People of Arno are well known for their productivity in making copra (the dried out meat of coconuts, from which coconut oil is extracted). Arno women are renowned for their production of the Kili Bag, a popular handwoven handbag/purse, named after another island in the Marshall Islands (to which the people of Bikini were eventually relocated as a result of the US nuclear tests that were conducted on their home atoll). Arno supposedly had a traditional "love school".