The Republic of the Marshall Islands consists of more than one thousand islands grouped into twenty-nine atolls and five individual islands. The country is located about 4,100 kilometers (2,547 miles) southwest of Hawaii and 3,000 kilometers (1,864 miles) northeast of Papua New Guinea, in the North Pacific Ocean. The shortened name is Marshall Islands (or sometimes RMI). The tiny country is the smallest of the US-affiliated countries in Micronesia.

Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2023. 3p.