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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.
The islands are located about halfway between HawaiÊ»i and Australia [3], in the region of the Pacific known as Micronesia. The capital of the Marshall Islands is Majuro, located in the Ratak Chain. Kwajalein lagoon is the largest in the world, covering 840 sq miles (2,176 sq km) [4]. Kwajalein is also a World War II battleground, and is currently used as a US missile test range.