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Eniwetok Atoll, the target assigned to Admiral Hill's task group, lies 330 nautical miles northwest of Kwajalein.8 It is a typical Central Pacific coral atoll with a circular reef surrounding a lagoon, which at its widest point is seventeen miles from east to west and twenty-one miles from north to south.
Satellite picture of the Atafu atoll in Tokelau in the Pacific Ocean. An atoll (pronunciation: /ËÃ¦tÉl/, /ËÃ¦tÉËl/, /ËÃ¦toÊl/, /ÉËtÉl/, /ÉËtÉËl/ or /ÉËtoÊl/), sometimes called a coral atoll, is a ring-shaped coral reef including a coral rim that encircles a lagoon partially or completely. There may be coral islands/cays on the rim.