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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.
Indian Ocean islands â overview. The Indian Ocean is the smallest of the worldâs three major oceans and spans over 6,200 miles (10,000 kilometres) from the southern tip of Africa to the western coast of Australia. The Cocos (Keeling) Islands are an Australian territory located in the east of the Indian Ocean. 2  The territory consists of two coral atolls and twenty-seven coral islands. 3  The northern atoll is just one island, North Keeling Island, whereas the southern atoll is composed of the South Keeling Islands.