The Marshall Islands (Marshallese: Ṃajeḷ), [6] officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands (Marshallese: Aolepān Aorōkin Ṃajeḷ), [note 1] is an island country west of the International Date Line and north of the equator in the Micronesia region of the Northwestern Pacific Ocean.

Dec 6, 2024 · The Marshall Islands is an isolated, sparsely populated, low-lying Pacific island country consisting of approximately 70 sq. miles of land spread out over 750,000 sq. miles of ocean just north of the equator.

Mar 25, 2025 · Marshall Islands, country in the central Pacific Ocean. It consists of some of the easternmost islands of Micronesia. The Marshalls are composed of more than 1,200 island s and islets in two parallel chains of coral atoll s—the Ratak, or Sunrise, to the east and the Ralik, or Sunset, to the west.

Islands and atolls of the Marshall Islands. Uninhabited ones are labeled in grey. The Republic of Marshall Islands consists of 6 atolls (each made up of many islets) and 5 islands, which can be divided into two island chains, Ralik Chain and Ratak Chain.

Aug 23, 2023 · Marshall Islands is a sovereign Micronesian island country and an associated state of the United States. Covering a total land area of only 180 sq.km, Marshall Islands consist of 29 low-lying coral atolls comprising 1,156 individual islands and islets; scattered over 1,900,000 sq.km area in the central Pacific Ocean.

The Marshall Islands are located in the central Pacific Ocean, roughly between Hawai’i and the Philippines, north of the equator and west of the International Date Line. They include 29 coral atolls and over 1200 islands and islets, situated in two island chains extending over 800 miles in …

The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) was a district of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI) which the United States administered on behalf of the United Nations from 1947 until 1978.

The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) is situated nearly midway between Hawaii and the Philippines, and is the easternmost island group in Micronesia. The country consists of two parallel chains of atolls and islands in the central Pacific Ocean, known as the Ratak (Sunrise) chain and Ralik (Sunset) chain.

Aug 1, 2017 · The Republic of the Marshall Islands is a democratic parliamentary representative republic in free association with the US. The constitution, which is the supreme law of the republic, establishes the government as a presidential-parliamentary republic and the president is the head of state and government.

The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) consists entirely of low-lying coral atolls, evolutionary remnants, of the more commonly known and visited high volcanic islands. There are 29 separate atolls in the Marshalls, containing a total of 1,225 islands, 870 reef systems, and 160 species of …