Jemo Island

Jemo Island

250px NASA picture of Jemo Island
Jemo Island (Marshall islands)
Geography
Location	North Pacific
Coordinates
Archipelago	Ratak
Total islands	1
Area
Highest elevation	3 m (10 ft)
Country
Marshall Islands
Demographics
Population	0

Jemo Island Atoll (Marshallese: Jemo̧ or Jāmo̧, [tʲææ̯mʲæ͡ɒɒ̯]) is an uninhabited coral island in the Pacific Ocean, in the Ratak Chain of the Marshall Islands north-east of Likiep Atoll. The island is oval-shaped, and occupies the southwestern end of a narrow submarine ridge that extends to the northeast for several kilometers. Its total land area is only 0.16 square kilometres (0.062 sq mi). The island is traditionally held as a food reserve for the family of Joachim and Lijon deBrum, passed down to Lijon debrum from Iroijlaplap Lobareo and is owned by the current Likiep land-owning families of Joachim and Lijon debrum, grandkids of Iroijlaplap Jortõka of Ratak Eañ.

First recorded sighting of Jemo Island by Europeans was by the Spanish expedition of Miguel López de Legazpi on 10 January 1565. It was charted as Los Pajaros (The Birds in Spanish).

References

• Marshall Islands site
• Oceandots entry for Jemo Island at the Wayback Machine (archived December 23, 2010)