Nadikdik Atoll

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Nadikdik Atoll (also known as Knox Atoll) is an uninhabited coral atoll of 18 islands in the Pacific Ocean, and is the southernmost atoll of the Ratak Chain of the Marshall Islands. The total land area is only 0.98 square kilometres (0.38 sq mi), but it encloses a largely sand-filled lagoon with an area of 3.42 square kilometres (1.32 sq mi). The atoll measures 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) in length and is 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) wide. The largest islets, located on the western and northern sides, include Aelingeo, Nadikdik and Nariktal. The atoll is separated by the Klee Passage from the southern point of Mili Atoll to which it was once connected.

It was inhabited until a typhoon in 1905 destroyed the atoll, killing all but 2 of the 60 inhabitants. The typhoon scoured the islands to bedrock. In the century since it has revegetated.