The Maloelap Atoll (Marshallese: M̧aļo-eļap, broadly /mˠalˠɜɦˠʷ-ɦʲɜlˠapʲ/ or narrowly ) (also spelled Maleolap) is a coral atoll of 71 islands in the Pacific Ocean, and forms a legislative district of the Ratak Chain of the Marshall Islands. Its land area is only,9.8 square kilometres (3.8 sq mi). but that encloses a lagoon of 972 square kilometres (375 sq mi). It is located 18 kilometres (11 mi) north of the atoll of Aur. As of 1999, the population of the islands of the atoll was 856.
The largest of the islands that make up the atoll are Taroa (the administrative center of the atoll), in the northeast, and Kaben in the northwest. Only three of the other islands in the atoll are inhabited: Airuk, Wolot and Jang. The island is served by Air Marshall Islands via Maloelap Airport.
Read more about Maloelap Atoll: History