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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.
Kiritimati is the largest atoll in the world in terms of land area. The islands were annexed by Britain in 1888 with a view to laying the Pacific cable, with Tabuaeran (then Fanning Island) as a relay station.The cable was laid and was operational between 1902 and 1963 except for a short period in 1914.he time is 26 hours ahead of some other islands in Oceania like Baker Island which uses UTCâ12:00. The United States previously claimed all the Line Islands under the Guano Islands Act.