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Likiep Atoll

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55: 39: 1395: 174: 712: 608: 256: 596: 436: 24: 62: 252:. Its total land area is only 10.26 square kilometers (3.96 sq mi), but that encloses a deep central lagoon of 424 square kilometers (164 sq mi). Likiep Atoll also possesses the Marshall Islands' highest point, an unnamed knoll 10 meters (33 ft) above sea level. The population of Likiep Atoll was 228 in 2021. 271: 539:. Retrieved on February 22, 2018. p. 54 (PDF p. 55/118). "Northern Islands High School takes students from the Ratak Ean zone including schools in Aur, Maloelap, Wotje, Ailuk, Utrik, Likiep and Mejit." 1321: 306:
In 1877, Likiep Atoll was purchased by Georg Eduard Adolph Capelle, a German trader, and partner with whaler Anton Debrum in the trading firm Capelle & Co, which traded extensively in
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Carmen C.H. Petrosian-Husa, The De Brum Photo Collection - Memento Mori, Alele Report 2005/1, Historic Preservation Office, Majuro, Marshall Islands.
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along with the rest of the Marshall Islands in 1885. After World War I, the island came under the
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in January 1543. On 5 January 1565, its sighting was again recorded by the
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The first recorded sighting by Europeans was by the Spanish expedition of
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Likiep Atoll is located in Marshall Islands
09°54′00″N 169°08′00″E / 9.90000°N 169.13333°E / 9.90000; 169.13333
Ratak
Marshall Islands
Marshallese
Marshallese

coral atoll
Pacific Ocean
Ratak Chain
Marshall Islands
Wotje


Ruy López de Villalobos
patache
Alonso de Arellano
Miguel López de Legazpi
copra
Micronesia
German Empire
South Seas Mandate
Empire of Japan
Naval Base Marshall Islands
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
Debrum House
National Register of Historic Places

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