Talk:Kwajalein

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The map should be photoshopped to cover actual names of the islands--nixie 04:06, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Perhaps it should be mentioned that SpaceX uses the island as one of their launch sites. Falcon 1 will make its maiden flight in mid December --User:subzero788 16:17, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

done--Duk 20:14, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Largest Island

The article says the largest island in the atoll is Kwajalein but later it says it's Ebadon. Which is it? Papercrab 20:19, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Kwajalein is the largest Island in the Atoll. Ebandon (Ebeye) is the most populated land mass in the world. Ebeye is only 1/3 the size of Kwaj, housing around 15,000 people. Kwajalein houses around 1,903 people.

The article indicates Roi-Namur is the second largest island in the Atoll and later identifies Ebadon as the second largest. Roi and Namur were separate islands connected by a largely man-made causeway. E. H. Bryan, Jr., in his Guide to Place Names in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (Honolulu: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 1971), gives an area (in square miles) of .235 for Roi, .125 for Namur, and .050 for Enirigirukku, a "connecting sandspit". Man-made additions to these joined islands has increased their collective area to 1.10 square miles. Ebadon, in the northwest corner of the Atoll, has an area of .75 square miles. The island of Kwajalein, originally .7 square miles is, as a result of man-made additions, now 1.28 square miles.

[edit] Indigenous People

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What about the indigenous people of Kwajalein? I heard some were still around as recently as a few decades ago. I also heard they had a matriarchal culture.