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Mejit (Marshallese: Mājej, [mʲæzʲɛːtʲ],[1] or Mājeej, [mʲæzʲɛːtʲ][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 kilometers (68 mi) northeast from Wotje.

Mejit Island
NASA picture of Mejit Island
Mejit Island
Geography
LocationNorth Pacific
Coordinates10°17′N 170°52′E
ArchipelagoRatak
Total islands1
Area1.86 km2 (0.72 sq mi)
Highest elevation3 m (10 ft)
Administration
 Marshall Islands
Demographics
Population348 (2011)
Ethnic groupsMarshallese

With an estimated population of 348 people, the island is lush in pandanus, breadfruit and taro. To the residents, this island is known as 'Paradise". It has a freshwater lake (rare in the Marshall Islands) with indigenous ducks. Mejit is famous for its pandanus leaf mats.

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


History


First recorded sighting by Europeans was by the Spanish expedition of Miguel López de Legazpi on 9 January 1565. It was charted as Los Barbudos (The Bearded in Spanish) because of the long beards of its inhabitants. Its sighting was also recorded by the Spanish expedition of Ruy López de Villalobos on December 1542.[3]

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.[4] 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 Seas 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.


Education


Marshall Islands Public School System operates Mejit Elementary School.[5] Northern Islands High School on Wotje serves the community.[6]


Notes


  1. Marshallese-English Dictionary - Place Name Index
  2. Marshallese-English Dictionary - Place Name Index
  3. Coello, Francisco "Conflicto hispano-alemán" Boletín de Sociedad Geográfica de Madrid, t.XIX. 2º semestre 1885, Madrid, p.240,280,285
  4. Morison, Samuel Eliot (May 22, 1944). "The Gilberts & Marshalls: A Distinguished Historian Recalls the Past of Two Recently Captured Pacific Groups". Life. pp. 91–96, 99–101, at p. 93. Retrieved March 16, 2011.
  5. "Public Schools Archived 2018-02-21 at the Wayback Machine." Marshall Islands Public School System. Retrieved on February 21, 2018.
  6. "Annual Report 2011-2012." Ministry of Education (Marshall Islands). Retrieved on February 22, 2018. p. 54 (PDF p. 55/118). "Northern Islands High School takes students from the Ratak Ean zone including schools in Aur, Maloelap, Wotje, Ailuk, Utrik, Likiep and Mejit."



На других языках

[de] Mejit

Mejit (deutsch veraltet: Neujahrsinsel[1]) ist ein gehobenes Atoll der Ratak-Kette der Marshallinseln. Das ehemalige Atoll hat eine Landfläche von 1,86 km², die Lagune ist ausgetrocknet. Das nächste (echte) Atoll, Ailuk, liegt 85 km in westlicher Richtung entfernt.
- [en] Mejit Island

[es] Mejit

Mejit es un atolón de la cadena de Ratak de las Islas Marshall. El atolón tiene una superficie de tan solo 1.86 kilómetros cuadrados, la laguna del mismo se ha secado.

[fr] Mejit

Mejit (en marshallais Mājej[1] ou Mājeej[2]) est une île de l'océan Pacifique et forme un district législatif de la chaîne Ratak des Îles Marshall. Contrairement à la plupart des autres îles des Îles Marshall, Mejit est une île rocheuse plutôt qu'un atoll corallien, bien qu'elle soit entourée d'un récif corallien frangeant entourant une lagune étroite. Il est situé à l'est de la ligne principale de la chaîne Ratak, à environ 110 kilomètres au nord-est de Wotje.

[ru] Меджит

Меджит (Мязеть) (англ. Mejit, марш. Mājej [mʲæzʲɛ̯ɛtʲ], Mājeej [mʲæzʲeːtʲ]) — один из нескольких островов в составе Маршалловых Островов. Является частью цепи Ратак. Площадь — 1,86 км². Население 348 человек (2011). Остров густо покрыт зарослями пандануса, хлебного дерева и таро. Имеется озеро с чистой пресной водой и местным видом уток. Известен циновками из листа пандануса.


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