Ratak

Chain of Islands and atolls in the Pacific

Ratak Chain
Native name: Rālik
Map of the Ratak (right) and Ralik island chains

Geography
Location	Pacific Ocean
Administration
Marshall Islands

The Ratak Chain (Ratak [rˠɑːdˠɑk],^[1] Marshallese for 'sunrise') is a chain of islands and atolls within the island nation of the Marshall Islands. Ratak means "sunrise". It lies to the east of the country's other island chain, the Ralik Chain. In 1999, the total population of the Ratak islands was 30,925.^{[citation needed]}

The atolls and isolated islands in the chain are:

Ailuk Atoll
Arno Atoll
Aur Atoll
Bikar Atoll
Bokak Atoll
Erikub Atoll
Jemo Island
Knox Atoll
Likiep Atoll
Majuro Atoll
Maloelap Atoll
Mejit Island
Mili Atoll
Taka Atoll
Utirik Atoll
Wotje Atoll

The Ratak Chain forms a continuous chain of seamounts with the Gilbert Islands to the south, which are part of Kiribati.

Language

The Ratak Chain is home to the Ratak dialect (or eastern dialect) of the Marshallese language. It is mutually intelligible with the Rālik dialect (or western dialect) located on the Rālik Chain. The two dialects differ mainly in lexicon and in certain regular phonological reflexes.

References

^ Marshallese-English Dictionary

9°00′N 171°00′E / 9.000°N 171.000°E / 9.000; 171.000

Marshall Islands articles

History

Geography

Ratak Chain (Sunrise, Eastern)	Bokak (Taongi) Bikar Utirik Toke Mejit Ailuk Jemo Likiep Wotje Erikub Maloelap Aur Majuro Arno Mili Knox (Nadikdik) (Limalok)
Ralik Chain (Sunset, Western)	Enewetak (Lo-En) (Lomilik) Ujelang Bikini (Wōdejebato) Rongerik Rongelap (Ruwitūntūn) Ailinginae Wotho Ujae Lae Kwajalein (Lemkein) Lib Namu Jabat Ailinglaplap Jaluit Kili Namorik Ebon

Politics

U.S. government	Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site

Economy

Culture

Education	College of the Marshall Islands Public School System Jaluit HS Kwajalein Atoll HS Laura HS Marshall Islands HS Northern Islands HS Kwajalein Jr./Sr. HS (USAF) Majuro Cooperative School Delap SDA School
NRHP listings	Debrum House Marshall Islands War Memorial Park Roi-Namur