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Erikub Atoll (Marshallese: Ādkup, [ærʲ(u)ɡʷupʲ][1]) is an uninhabited coral atoll of fourteen islands in the Pacific Ocean, located in the Ratak Chain of the Marshall Islands. Its total land area is only 1.53 square kilometers (0.59 sq mi), but it encloses a lagoon with an area of 230 square kilometers (89 sq mi). It is located slightly south of Wotje.

Erikub Atoll
NASA picture of Erikub Atoll on the left (south) and Wotje on the right (north)
Erikub Atoll
Geography
LocationNorth Pacific
Coordinates09°08′30″N 170°00′00″E
ArchipelagoRatak
Total islands14
Area1.53 km2 (0.59 sq mi)
Highest elevation3 m (10 ft)
Administration
 Marshall Islands
Demographics
Population0
Ethnic groupsMarshallese

History


The first recorded sighting of Erikub Atoll by Europeans was on 29 June 1566 by the Spanish galleon San Jerónimo then commanded by pilot Lope Martín. However, it is likely that it had already been previously sighted by the Spanish expedition of Ruy López de Villalobos between December 1542 and January 1543. Lope Martín, who had been pilot of the patache San Lucas on its voyage from New Spain to the Philippines the previous year, had on this occasion mutinied with a gang of twenty six sailors and soldiers and murdered the San Jerónimo's captain, Pero Sánchez Pericón. The conspirators, including Martín, were later marooned on the Namonuito Atoll.[2][3]

Erikub Atoll was claimed by the German Empire along with the rest of the Marshall Islands in 1884. After World War I, the island came under the South Seas Mandate of the Empire of Japan. Following the end of World War II, Erikub came under the control of the United States as part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. The island has been part of the independent Republic of the Marshall Islands since 1986.


Ecology


Loj island, within the atoll, is a nesting site of the green turtle.[4][5]


See also



References


  1. Marshallese-English Dictionary - Place Name Index
  2. Coello, Francisco La Conferencia de Berlín y la cuestón de las Carolinas: Discursos pronunciados en la Sociedad Geográfica de Madrid, Madrid, Imprenta de Fortanet, 1885, p. 291.
  3. Sharp, Andrew The discovery of the Pacific Islands Oxford, 1960, pp. 28, 42.
  4. Parker, Denise N.; Balazs, George H.; Frutchey, Karen; Ua, Emma Kab; Boktas, Ketty. "Conservation considerations revealed by the movements of post-nesting green turtles from the Republic of the Marshall Islands" (PDF). Micronesica (2015–03): 1–9. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  5. "Map of Republic of the Marshall Islands – major atolls". researchgate.net. Retrieved 27 January 2017.



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[de] Erikub

Erikub, auch Erikup, Eregub, Ādkup Ãdkup oder Tschitschagow, ist ein unbewohntes Atoll der Ratak-Kette der Marshallinseln. Das Atoll hat eine Landfläche von 1,53 km², die eine Lagune von 230 km² umschließt. Das Atoll liegt nur 8,6 km südlich des benachbarten Atoll Wotje. Die nächstgelegenen Inseln der beiden Atollen sind 11 km voneinander entfernt. Die höchste Erhebung des Atolls liegt 9 m über dem Meeresspiegel. Auf dem Eiland wachsen Kokospalmen.
- [en] Erikub Atoll

[fr] Erikub

Erikub (en marshallais : Ādkup[1]) est un atoll corallien inhabité de quatorze îles de l'océan Pacifique, situé dans la chaîne Ratak des Îles Marshall. Sa superficie totale n'est que de 1,53 km2, mais il renferme une lagune d'une superficie de 230 km2. Il est situé légèrement au sud de Wotje.

[ru] Эрикуб

Эрикуб (Чичагова) (англ. Erikub, марш. Ādkup [æ̯ær̪ʲ(ɛ͡ɔ)ɡʷu͡ipʲ]) — атолл в Тихом океане в цепи Ратак (Маршалловы Острова) чуть южнее атолла Вотье.


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