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Nadikdik Atoll also known as Knox Atoll is the southernmost atoll
Atoll

An atoll is an island of coral that encircles a lagoon partially or completely....
 in 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....
 in 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....
. It contains 18 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 as well as numerous smaller emergent islet
Islet

File:Mokolea Rock 2.jpgAn islet is a small island....
s with a total area of 0.98 kmē, that enclose a largely sand-filled 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....
al basin which covers a total area of 3.42 kmē.

The atoll measures 11 km in length and is 2 km wide. The atoll consists of a chain of small islets located on the western and northern sides.






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Nadikdik Atoll also known as Knox Atoll is the southernmost atoll
Atoll

An atoll is an island of coral that encircles a lagoon partially or completely....
 in 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....
 in 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....
. It contains 18 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 as well as numerous smaller emergent islet
Islet

File:Mokolea Rock 2.jpgAn islet is a small island....
s with a total area of 0.98 kmē, that enclose a largely sand-filled 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....
al basin which covers a total area of 3.42 kmē.

The atoll measures 11 km in length and is 2 km wide. The atoll consists of a chain of small islets located on the western and northern sides. The largest islets include Aelingeo, Nadikdik and Nariktal.

The atoll is connected by a passage called the Klee Passage
Klee Passage

Klee Passage is a shallow channel of water which separates Knox Atoll from Mili Atoll in the Marshall Islands.A submarine sand bank is located directly under the water channel....
 to the southern point of Mili Atoll
Mili Atoll

Mili Atoll is an atoll of 92 islands in the Ratak Chain in the Pacific Ocean. It is a legislative district of the Marshall Islands. Its total land area is 6.15 mile? the second largest land area after Kwajelein, but it encloses a much smaller lagoon of 294.7 mile? ....
 which it was once connected to.

Marshallese from other islands in Mili Atoll inhabit the island for months at a time to produce copra. There is at least one homestead there.