Kwajalein Atoll

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atoll coral atoll geographic location

Kwajalein Atoll is a large coral atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands that hosts a major U.S. military installation and missile test range in the central Pacific Ocean.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Kwajalein Island 2
Kwajalein Atoll Local Government 1
Kwajalein atoll region 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf atoll ⓘ
coral atoll ⓘ
geographic location ⓘ
adminCenter Ebeye ⓘ
adminUnitOf Kwajalein Atoll self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kwajalein Atoll Local Government
climate tropical marine ⓘ
controlledBy United States after World War II ⓘ
country Marshall Islands ⓘ
surface form: Republic of the Marshall Islands
governedBy Marshall Islands ⓘ
surface form: Republic of the Marshall Islands government
hasAirport Bucholz Army Airfield ⓘ
hasFacility Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site ⓘ
U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll (USAKA) missile range ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Army Garrison Kwajalein Atoll
hasFeature lagoon ⓘ
numerous small islets ⓘ
hasFunction missile test range ⓘ
radar tracking site ⓘ
space object tracking ⓘ
hasLargestIsland Kwajalein Atoll self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kwajalein Island
hasPort Ebeye port ⓘ
hasRadar ALTAIR radar ⓘ
MPS-36 radar ⓘ
TRADEX radar ⓘ
hasSettlement Ebeye ⓘ
Kwajalein Atoll self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kwajalein Island
hasType ring-shaped coral reef ⓘ
historicalEvent Battle of Kwajalein ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
Marshallese ⓘ
leaseAgreement Compact of Free Association arrangements ⓘ
leasedBy United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
locatedIn Marshall Islands ⓘ
Central Pacific Ocean ⓘ
surface form: central Pacific Ocean
militaryRestriction restricted access for civilians ⓘ
nearbyCountry Federated States of Micronesia ⓘ
Kiribati ⓘ
partOf Marshall Islands ⓘ
surface form: Micronesia

Ralik Chain ⓘ
previouslyControlledBy Germany ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
region Oceania ⓘ
sovereignState Marshall Islands ⓘ
strategicImportance ballistic missile defense testing ⓘ
intercontinental ballistic missile impact area ⓘ
timeZone UTC+12 ⓘ
usedBy United States Army ⓘ
Department of Defense ⓘ
surface form: United States Department of Defense
usedFor missile intercept tests ⓘ
space surveillance ⓘ
usedSince World War II ⓘ
surface form: World War II era

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kwajalein Atoll → adminUnitOf → Kwajalein Atoll self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kwajalein Atoll Local Government
Central Pacific Ocean → contains → Kwajalein Atoll ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kwajalein atoll region
Marshall Islands → hasAtoll → Kwajalein Atoll ⓘ
RMI → hasAtoll → Kwajalein Atoll ⓘ
subject surface form: Republic of the Marshall Islands
Kwajalein Atoll → hasLargestIsland → Kwajalein Atoll self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kwajalein Island
Ralik Chain → hasPart → Kwajalein Atoll ⓘ
Kwajalein Atoll → hasSettlement → Kwajalein Atoll self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kwajalein Island
Falcon 1 rocket → launchSite → Kwajalein Atoll ⓘ
subject surface form: Falcon 1
subject surface form: NuSTAR
Omelek Island → locatedIn → Kwajalein Atoll ⓘ
Flight 4 → locationOfLaunchSite → Kwajalein Atoll ⓘ
German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen → towedTo → Kwajalein Atoll ⓘ