Bikar Coast

Bikar's six low islets enclose a shallow lagoon in the northern Ratak chain. The reef is almost continuous, with a narrow opening on the western side. Traditionally the atoll belonged to the paramount chief of Ratak; islanders from elsewhere visited to gather seabirds, eggs and turtles under customary rules. Otto von Kotzebue's brig Rurik called here in 1817.