page_title: Kili Island
hierarchical_section_title: Kili Island
caption_attribution_description: English: NASA Astronaut Photography of Kili Island, Marshall Islands Mission: ISS002 Roll: E Frame: 6656 Mission ID on the Film or image: ISS002 Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA-Johnson Space Center. "The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth." &lt;http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/LargeImageAccess.pl?directory=ESC/large/ISS002&amp;filename=ISS002-E-6656.JPG&amp;filesize=1262009&gt;09/24/2012 04:46:02 Image courtesy of Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center
context_page_description: Kili Island or Kili Atoll is a small, 81 hectares island located in the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean. It is the temporary home of 548 inhabitants who are descended from islanders who originally lived on Bikini Atoll. They were relocated when they agreed to let the U.S. government temporarily use their home for nuclear testing in 1945. Kili Island became their home after two prior relocations failed. The island does not have a natural lagoon and cannot produce enough food to enable the islanders to be self-sufficient. It is part of the legislative district of the Ralik Chain of the Marshall Islands. The island is approximately 48 kilometers southwest of Jaluit. It is one of the smallest islands in the Marshall Islands.
context_section_description: Kili Island or Kili Atoll (Marshallese: Kōle, [kɤlʲe]) is a small, 81 hectares (200 acres) (0.93 square kilometers (0.36 sq mi)) island located in the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean. It is the temporary home of 548 inhabitants who are descended from islanders who originally lived on Bikini Atoll. They were relocated when they agreed to let the U.S. government temporarily use their home for nuclear testing in 1945. Kili Island became their home after two prior relocations failed. The island does not have a natural lagoon and cannot produce enough food to enable the islanders to be self-sufficient. It is part of the legislative district of the Ralik Chain of the Marshall Islands. The island is approximately 48 kilometers (30 mi) southwest of Jaluit. It is one of the smallest islands in the Marshall Islands.
caption: NASA Astronaut Photography image of Kili Island
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