Taroa is an island in the east of
Maloelap Atoll in the
Marshall Islands. During
World War II, it was the site of a major Japanese airfield (
Taroa Airfield
Taroa Airfield was a major air base approximately three miles long and one mile wide on Taroa Island in the Maloelap Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The runway, which spanned the length of the island, is still in use today and known as Maloelap Air ...
). The airfield was destroyed towards the end of World War II, and wreckage and remnants of the base can still be seen around the island.
The island was not resettled by the
Marshallese until the 1970s, but is now the atoll's main economic center due to the re-opened airstrip and local
copra production.
References
Maloelap Atoll
Islands of the Marshall Islands
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