Kwajalein Atoll - Kwajalein Atoll

Japanese: クワジャリン環礁 - クワジャリンかんしょう
Kwajalein Atoll - Kwajalein Atoll
An atoll in the Lalik Islands, west of the Republic of the Marshall Islands in the central Pacific Ocean. A series of small atolls form an excellent harbor with a wide lagoon inside, 25 km wide at its widest point and over 110 km long. It was a Japanese mandate territory, but after World War II it became a trust territory of the United States, and a naval air base was built there.
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Japanese:
中部太平洋,マーシャル諸島共和国西部,ラリック列島中にある環礁。多数の小環礁が連なり内側に最大幅25km,長さ110km余の広いラグーンを抱く良港をなし,日本の委任統治領であったが,第2次大戦後米国信託統治領となり,海軍の航空基地が建設された。
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