Jabwot

Jabwot, Marshall Islands

The solitary island of Jabwot (Jabat, Jabot) lies within the central regions of the Marshalls Islands' Ralik chain, 15 km northeast from the atoll of Ailinglaplap.

The island is small, measuring 1.2 km in length (north to south), with an area of just 0.6 km². The island is surrounded by a fringing reef system with extensive shallow water reef environments that extend for several kilometers beyond the outer reef to the north and south.

image: earth sciences and image analysis laboratory, nasa johnson space center

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