Marshall Islands Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
country near the equator in the Pacific Ocean
About Marshall Islands
After almost four decades under US administration as the easternmost part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Marshall Islands attained independence in 1986 under a Compact of Free Association. Compensation claims continue as a result of US nuclear testing on some of the atolls between 1947 and 1962, which displaced some Marshallese citizens and exposed them to deadly radiation. The Marshall Islands have been home to the US Army Post Kwajalein (USAKA) since 1964. A number of islands are off-limits to tourism (and even to locals) due to US military presence or the residue of nuclear testing. Wet season from May to November; hot and humid; islands border typhoon belt. The Marshall Islands consist of two island chains of 30 atolls and 1,152 islands, of low coral limestone an
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