Editing Micronesia (section)

===Marshall Islands===
[[File:Laura beach n tree (170671778).jpg|thumb|Beach scenery at [[Laura, Marshall Islands|Laura]], [[Majuro]], Marshall Islands]]
The [[Marshall Islands]] are located north of [[Nauru]] and [[Kiribati]], east of the [[Federated States of Micronesia]], and south of the U.S. territory of [[Wake Island]]. The islands consist of 29 low-lying [[atoll]]s and 5 isolated islands,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rmiembassyus.org/Geography.htm|title=Geography Overview | work = Embassy of the Republic of the Marshall Islands | publisher = Republic of the Marshall Islands |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131115173707/http://rmiembassyus.org/Geography.htm|archive-date=15 November 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> comprising 1,156 individual islands and [[islet]]s. The atolls and islands form two groups: the [[Ratak Chain]] and the [[Ralik Chain]] (meaning "sunrise" and "sunset" chains). All the islands in the chain are part of the [[Republic of the Marshall Islands]], a [[Presidential system|presidential]] [[republic]] in [[Associated state|free association]] with the United States. Having few natural resources, the islands' wealth is based on a [[service economy]], as well as some [[fishing]] and [[agriculture]]. Of the 29 atolls, 24 of them are inhabited.

[[Bikini Atoll]] is an atoll in the Marshall Islands. There are 23 islands in the Bikini Atoll. The islands of Bokonijien, Aerokojlol and part of Nam were destroyed during nuclear tests that occurred there.<ref name=facts>{{cite web|title=Bikini Atoll Reference Facts | work = Bikini Atoll |url=http://www.bikiniatoll.com/facts.html|access-date=12 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://whc.unesco.org/uploads/nominations/1339.pdf |title=Bikini Atoll |date=January 2009 |publisher=UNESCO World Heritage Centre |page=20 |access-date=2024-07-29}}</ref> The islands are composed of low coral limestone and sand.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Emery|first1=Kenneth O.|last2=Tracey|first2=J. I. Jr.|last3=Ladd|first3=H.S.|date=1954|title=Geology of Bikini and Nearby Atolls|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0260a/report.pdf|access-date=20 April 2021}}</ref> The average elevation is only about {{convert|7|ft|order=flip}} above low tide level.<ref>{{cite report|title=The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States, 2002|publisher=U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service|location=Silver Spring, MD|year=2002|oclc=255883515|issn=1949-7105|url=https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/state-coral-reef-ecosystems-united-states-pacific-freely-associated-states/|access-date=June 8, 2024}}</ref>

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File:Castle Bravo Blast.jpg|Image of the [[Castle Bravo]] nuclear test, detonated on 1 March 1954, at [[Bikini Atoll]]
File:Cross spikes club.jpg|An illustration of the Cross Spikes Club<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/ac/bikini/bikini1.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000521071018/http://history.navy.mil/ac/bikini/bikini1.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 May 2000 |title=Operation Crossroads: Bikini Atoll |work=Navy Historical Center |publisher=Department of the Navy |access-date=4 December 2013 }}</ref> of the US Navy on [[Bikini Atoll]], one of several Marshall Islands used for [[Bikini atomic experiments|atomic bomb tests]].
File:Kili Island - NASA Astronaut Photography.png|[[Kili Island]] is one of the smallest islands in the [[Marshall Islands]].
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