Kwajalein Atoll

Kwajalein is a vast atoll in the Ralik chain of the Marshall Islands, its low coral islets encircling an extensive lagoon. Marshallese communities knew its passages and travelled between atolls by canoe. In 1565 Alonso de Arellano followed fishermen ashore at a group of islands probably corresponding to Kwajalein, where his crew exchanged gifts and took on water.