Namu
- STS103-730-60
- 24 December 1999
- 02:13 UTC
Namu is situated midway along the Ratak chain of atolls, lying 62 km south-southeast from Kwajalein and 45 km northwest from Ailinglaplap (partially visible on the right-side of the above image). The small island of Lib can be found 65 km to the west-northwest.
Orientated northwest-southwest, the atoll has a maximum length of 60 km; width vary from 11 km in the south, to 4 km in the centre and up to 21 km in the north. Its 51 islets cover an area of 6.3 km².
image: earth sciences and image analysis laboratory, nasa johnson space center