Jemo Island
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Jemo Island Atoll is an uninhabited coral island in the Pacific Ocean, in the Ratak Chain
of the Marshall Islands
north-east of Likiep Atoll
. The island is oval-shaped, and occupies the southwestern end of a narrow submarine ridge that extends to the northeast for several kilometers. Its total land area is only 0.16 square kilometre (0.0617763453748056 sq mi). The island is traditionally held as a food reserve for the family of Joachim and Lijoan deBrum, passed down from Iroijlaplap Jortoka Lobareo and is owned by the current Likiep land-owning families of Joachim debrum.
Ratak Chain
The Ratak Chain is a chain of islands within the island nation of the Marshall Islands. Ratak means "sunrise". It lies just to the east of the country's other main island chain, the Ralik Chain...
of the Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands
The Republic of the Marshall Islands , , is a Micronesian nation of atolls and islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, just west of the International Date Line and just north of the Equator. As of July 2011 the population was 67,182...
north-east of Likiep Atoll
Likiep Atoll
Likiep Atoll is a coral atoll of 65 islands in the Pacific Ocean, and forms a legislative district of the Ratak Chain of the Marshall Islands. It is located approximately northwest of Wotje. Its total land area is only , but that encloses a deep central lagoon of . Likiep Atoll also possesses the...
. The island is oval-shaped, and occupies the southwestern end of a narrow submarine ridge that extends to the northeast for several kilometers. Its total land area is only 0.16 square kilometre (0.0617763453748056 sq mi). The island is traditionally held as a food reserve for the family of Joachim and Lijoan deBrum, passed down from Iroijlaplap Jortoka Lobareo and is owned by the current Likiep land-owning families of Joachim debrum.