Taka

Taka, Marshall Islands

Taka is a small atoll of the Ratak chain, located 65 km northwest of Ailuk. It forms a tight pairing with the atoll of Utirik, which lies less than 6 km to the east of Taka. The formation consists of 5 islets spread around a small lagoon of 93 km². Its islets cover an area of 0.57 km².

image: millenium coral reefs landsat archive/usf millenium global coral reef mapping project/nasa seawifs/nasa jsc

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