island
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s in the
Arno Atoll
Arno Atoll (, ) is a coral atoll of 133 islands in the Pacific Ocean, and forms a legislative district of the Ratak Chain of the Marshall Islands. Its total land area is only . Unlike most other atolls, Arno encloses three different lagoons, a ...
with a population of 460, in these four villages :
* Ine 246 (west part)
* Kinajon 10 (lonely houses along the road between Ine and Lukoj)
* Lukoj 100
* Japo 104 (east part)
Ajeltokrok It is part of the
Marshall Islands
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The territory consists of 29 c ...
in the
Pacific Ocean
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In Ine there is now an artificial bridge made to connect it to Kobjeltak.
There is no plan in the future to connect Japo to Autlep Island in the west, because Autlep is almost uninhabited (population of 3).
Ajeltokrok has a road with a length of about 26 km, that connects Ine and Japo.
The average width of the island is 0.2 km.
See also
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Desert island
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List of islands
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