Mejit Island
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| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | North Pacific |
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| Archipelago | Ratak |
| Total islands | 1 |
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| Highest elevation | 3 m (10 ft) |
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| Demographics | |
| Population | 230 (2021) |
| Ethnic groups | Marshallese |
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Mejit (Marshallese: Script error: No such module "Lang"., [Script error: No such module "IPAc2-mh".],[1] or Script error: No such module "Lang"., [Script error: No such module "IPAc2-mh".][2]) is an island in the Pacific Ocean, and forms a legislative district of the Ratak Chain of the Marshall Islands. Unlike most of the other islands of the Marshall Islands, Mejit is a stony island rather than a coral atoll, although it is surrounded by a fringing coral reef enclosing a narrow lagoon. It is located east of the main line of the Ratak chain, approximately 110 kilometers (68 mi) northeast from Wotje. The population was 230 at the 2021 census.[3]
The island is lush in pandanus, breadfruit and taro. To the residents, this island is known as 'Paradise". It has a freshwater lake (rare in the Marshall Islands) with indigenous ducks. Mejit is famous for its pandanus leaf mats.
An airstrip, Mejit Airport, bisects the island. It is served by Air Marshall Islands.
History
First recorded sighting by Europeans was by the Spanish expedition of Miguel López de Legazpi on 9 January 1565. It was charted as Los Barbudos (The Bearded in Spanish) because of the long beards of its inhabitants. Its sighting was also recorded by the Spanish expedition of Ruy López de Villalobos on December 1542.[4]
The German navigator Otto von Kotzebue, sailing in Russian service, made landfall at Mejit Island on January 1, 1817, and named it New Year's Island.[5] In 1885, Mejit was claimed by the German Empire along with the rest of the Marshall Islands.[6] After World War I, the island came under the South Seas Mandate of the Empire of Japan. The island was recovered from the Japanese by U.S. Forces on 2 April 1944. Following the end of World War II, it came under the control of the United States as part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands until the independence of the Marshall Islands in 1986.
Education
Marshall Islands Public School System operates Mejit Elementary School.[7] Northern Islands High School on Wotje serves the community.[8]
Notes
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- ^ Marshallese-English Dictionary - Place Name Index
- ^ Marshallese-English Dictionary - Place Name Index
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Republic of the Marshall Islands 2021 Census Report, Volume 1: Basic Tables and Administrative Report" (PDF). Pacific Community (SPC): Statistics for Development Division. Pacific Community. May 30, 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-09-27. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
- ^ Coello, Francisco "Conflicto hispano-alemán" Boletín de Sociedad Geográfica de Madrid, t.XIX. 2º semestre 1885, Madrid, p.240,280,285
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Morison, Samuel Eliot (May 22, 1944). "The Gilberts & Marshalls: A Distinguished Historian Recalls the Past of Two Recently Captured Pacific Groups". Life. pp. 91–96, 99–101, at p. 93. Retrieved March 16, 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Churchill, William (1920). "Germany's Lost Pacific Empire". Geographical Review. 10 (2): 84–90. Bibcode:1920GeoRv..10...84C. doi:10.2307/207706. JSTOR 207706.
- ^ "Public Schools Script error: No such module "webarchive".." Marshall Islands Public School System. Retrieved on February 21, 2018.
- ^ "Annual Report 2011-2012 Script error: No such module "webarchive".." Ministry of Education (Marshall Islands). Retrieved on February 22, 2018. p. 54 (PDF p. 55/118). "Northern Islands High School takes students from the Ratak Ean zone including schools in Aur, Maloelap, Wotje, Ailuk, Utrik, Likiep and Mejit."
External links
- Marshall Islands site
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