Mejit Island

Mejit Island
Mejit Island

NASA picture of Mejit Island
Mejit Island is located in Marshall islands
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Mejit Island (Marshall islands)
Geography
Location North Pacific
Coordinates 10°17′N 170°52′E / 10.283°N 170.867°E / 10.283; 170.867
Archipelago Ratak
Total islands 1
Area 1.86 km2 (0.718 sq mi)
Highest elevation 3 m (10 ft)
Country
Demographics
Population 300 (as of 1998)
Ethnic groups Marshallese

Mejit (Marshallese: Mājej, /mʲatʲɦʲɜtʲ/ or [mæʑɛ̯ɛt͡ɕ],[1] or Mājeej, /mʲatʲɘɦʲɘtʲ/ or [mæʑee̯et͡ɕ][2]) is an island in the Pacific Ocean, and forms a legislative district of the Ratak Chain of the Marshall Islands. Unlike most of the other islands of the Marshall Islands, Mejit is a stony island rather than a coral atoll, although it is surrounded by a fringing coral reef enclosing a narrow lagoon. It is located east of the main line of the Ratak chain, approximately 110 kilometres (68 mi) northeast from Wotje.

With an estimated population of 300 people, the island is lush in pandanus, breadfruit and taro. To the residents, this island is known as 'Paradise". It has a beautiful fresh water lake (rare in the Marshall Islands) with indigenous ducks. Mejit is famous for its pandanus leaf mats.

An airstrip, Mejit Airport, bisects the island. Its is served by Air Marshall Islands.

History

The German navigator Otto von Kotzebue, sailing in Russian service, made landfall at Mejit Island on January 1, 1817, and named it New Year's Island.[3] In 1884 Mejit was claimed by the Empire of Germany along with the rest of the Marshall Islands, and the Germans established a trading outpost. After World War I, the island came under the South Pacific Mandate of the Empire of Japan. Following the end of World War II, it came under the control of the United States as part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands until the independence of the Marshall Islands in 1986.

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