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Mili Atoll
Mili Atoll (Marshallese: , 〔(Marshallese-English Dictionary - Place Name Index )〕) is a coral atoll of 92 islands in the Pacific Ocean, and forms a legislative district of the Ratak Chain of the Marshall Islands. It is located approximately southeast of Arno Its total land area is making it the second largest of the Marshall Islands after Kwajalein. It encloses a much smaller lagoon than Kwajalein, with an area of . The atoll is separated by a water channel called the Klee Passage from the Knox Atoll which is considerably smaller. The population of Mili Atoll was 1032 as of 1999. The main village is also called Mili. Other villages include Nallu, Enejet, Lukonor, Tokewa, and Wau, Mili. Nallu, Enejet and Lukonwor are only accessible from Mili by land during lowtide. Only Mili, Mili and Enejet, Mili have runways for small planes. Mili Airport and Enejit Airport are served by Air Marshall Islands when its aircraft are operational.
==History==
The British merchant vessel ''Rolla'' sighted several islands in the Ratak and Ralik Chains. On 30 October 1803 she sighted islands at , which was possibly Mili Atoll. Captain Cummings sent in a cutter, but the heavy surf prevented it from landing. ''Rolla'' had transported convicts from Britain to New South Wales and was on her way to Canton to find a cargo to take back to Britain.
In the early 19th century, Mili and Knox Atolls were designated the Mulgrave Islands by Johann Adam von Krusenstern. In 1823 her mutinous crew brought the whaler ''Globe'', out of Nantucket, Massachusetts, to Mili Atoll by Samuel B. Comstock, “Bloody Sam”, had killed ''Globe''s captain and her three officers. A few days after she anchored at Mili Atoll, his co-mutineer Silas Payne murdered Comstock. Six of the crew fled in the ship, leaving nine men stranded on the island. By the time the U.S. schooner , commanded by Lieutenant Commander John Percival, arrived to rescue them two years later, the islanders had killed all but two of the crew members.
The infamous blackbirder Bully Hayes owned Tokowa Islet on Mili during the late 19th century and used it as a base for his operations. Mili Atoll was claimed by the Empire of Germany along with the rest of the Marshall Islands in 1884. The Germans established a trading station and in 1870 a Christian church.
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