Mejatto Island, Kwajalein Atoll
A Photo Essay
by Dirk HR Spennemann

Oblique Aerial View of Mejatto Island taken in January 1993.
(Photograph © 1989-2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)

Oblique Aerial View of the tip of Mejatto Island taken in January 1993
(Photograph © 1989-2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)

Oblique Aerial View of Mejatto Island taken in January 1993
(Photograph © 1989-2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)

Section of a vertical Aerial photograph taken in 1971

The Rongelapese cemetery on Mejatto Island
(Photograph © 1989-2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)

A droptank of a F-86 Sabre jet fighter, reused as a watertank.
(Photograph © 1989-2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)

Houses and streetscene on Mejatto
(Photograph © 1989-2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)

World War II vintage Marston matting (PSP--pierced steel planks) used as a pig pen on Mejatto.
(Photograph © 1989-2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)

Wooden casing protecting a small well dug into the ground water lens on Mejatto Island. The low-lying nature of the island and the easy access to the Ghyben-Herzberg lens is well demonstrated
(Photograph © 1989-2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)

Stem of a young coconut showing irregular growth. The constriction in the middle of the stem was caused by a drought situation.
(Photograph © 1989-2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)

Interior view of the guest hut of the Rongelapese community on Mejatto Island, Kwajalein Atoll. Photographed in January 1993
(Photograph © 1989-2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)

Guest hut of the Rongelapese community on Mejatto Island, Kwajalein Atoll. Photographed in January 1993
(Photograph © 1989-2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)

Guest hut of the Rongelapese community on Mejatto Island, Kwajalein Atoll. Photographed in January 1993
(Photograph © 1989-2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)

Guest hut of the Rongelapese community on Mejatto Island, Kwajalein Atoll. Photographed in January 1993.
(Photograph © 1989-2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)

Interior view of the guest hut of the Rongelapese community on Mejatto Island, Kwajalein Atoll. Photographed in January 1993
(Photograph © 1989-2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)

A wooden thatching needle used to weave Pandanus anc coconut thatch. Mejatto Island, Kwajalein Atoll. Photographed in January 1993.
(Photograph © 1989-2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)

Home-made pipe and cigarette stub holder. Mejatto Island, Kwajalein Atoll. Photographed in January 1993.
(Photograph © 1989-2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)



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Bibliographic citation for this document

Spennemann, Dirk H.R. (2002). Mejatto, Kwajalein Atoll--A Photo Essay. URL: http:/marshall.csu.edu.au/Marshalls/html/Environment/Mejatto.html

CONTACT:
Dirk H.R. Spennemann, Institute of Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt University, P.O.Box 789, Albury NSW 2640, Australia.
e-mail: dspennemann@csu.edu.au

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