Kwajalein Atoll (;
Marshallese: ) is part of the
Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI). The southernmost and largest island in the atoll is named
Kwajalein Island, which its majority English-speaking residents (about 1000 mostly U.S. civilian personnel) often called by the shortened name,
Kwaj . 13,500 Marshall Islanders live on the rest of the atoll, mostly on
Ebeye Island. The total land area of the atoll amounts to just over .