The coral atolls are Swains and Rose Atoll. The closest land is the uninhabited Bokak Atoll in the Marshall Islands, to the southeast. Kwajalein Island is the southernmost and largest of the islands in the atoll. There are four inhabited islands on Ulithi Atoll. The launch occurred from Omelek Island, part of the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. These were two islets in a low coral atoll known as Midway Island. Kure is the northernmost coral atoll in the world. Niue is a raised coral atoll in the southern Pacific Ocean, east of Tonga. There are 23 islands in the Bikini Atoll. Nowhere is this more evident than atoll islands. The victory put V Amphibious Corps in control of all 47 islands in the atoll. This would mean opening up the lagoon by creating a passage in the atoll rim. The islets of the atoll are mostly connected. Enderbury is a low, flat, small coral atoll lying ESE of Kanton. Each seabird species has specific sites on the atoll where they nest.