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Wotho Atoll is one 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....
 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 part of the western Ralik group of atoll
Atoll

An atoll is an island of coral that encircles a lagoon partially or completely....
s. Wotho has a population of 160.

The Atoll consists of 18 islet
Islet

File:Mokolea Rock 2.jpgAn islet is a small island....
s and has a total land area of 4.33 km². (1.67 square miles) and a lagoon of 94.92 km². (36.65 square miles).

"Wotho" means either "entrance through the reef", or "island far away" according to different sources.

The atoll was also known as Schantz Islands after Johan Eberhard von Schantz, who discovered the islands on his circumnavigation of the globe on the Imperial Russian Navy
Imperial Russian Navy

The Imperial Russian Navy refers to the Tsarist Naval fleet prior to the Bolshevik Revolution....
 ship America.






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Wotho Atoll is one 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....
 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 part of the western Ralik group of atoll
Atoll

An atoll is an island of coral that encircles a lagoon partially or completely....
s. Wotho has a population of 160.

The Atoll consists of 18 islet
Islet

File:Mokolea Rock 2.jpgAn islet is a small island....
s and has a total land area of 4.33 km². (1.67 square miles) and a lagoon of 94.92 km². (36.65 square miles).

"Wotho" means either "entrance through the reef", or "island far away" according to different sources.

The atoll was also known as Schantz Islands after Johan Eberhard von Schantz, who discovered the islands on his circumnavigation of the globe on the Imperial Russian Navy
Imperial Russian Navy

The Imperial Russian Navy refers to the Tsarist Naval fleet prior to the Bolshevik Revolution....
 ship America.