Arno
- STS068-217-49
- 06 October 1994
- 02:37 UTC
Arno Atoll — one of the main atolls of the Marshall Islands — is located in the southern regions of the Ratak Chain some 15 km east of Majuro. The atoll has an irregular shape consisting of a narrow reef rim enclosing a large and deep lagoon of 339 km² in area.
With a land area of nearly 13 km², Arno Atoll has a large number of islets (133) with much of the southern side of the atoll consisting of a single, twisting ribbon of continuous land that forms the island of Ajeltokrok. The atoll exhibits an unusual feature of having two "pinched-lagoons" — one each in the northeast and northwest — in effect creating three separate lagoons.
The most populous of Arno's islets are Ajeltokrok, Kobjeltak, Rearlaplap, Langor and Tutu.
image: earth sciences and image analysis laboratory, nasa johnson space center
