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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.
Kure Island is located about 56 miles west northwest of Midway. It is about 6 miles in diameter and is the northernmost coral atoll in the world, at 28.25 North Latitude.Until 1992 the Coast Guard maintained a Loran C station here, with two 520 ft high towers.astern Island is the other sizable patch of land on Midway Atoll. It served as our primary air base during the Battle of Midway in early June 1942, supporting three crossing runways. The island was set aside as a bird sanctuary in 1970 and no Navy personnel were allowed on it.