Arno Atoll

Arno Atoll ranks 1st on the list of the most beautiful islands in Marshall Islands. This is a coral atoll with 133 islands in the Pacific Ocean that serves as a legislative district of the Marshall Islands' Ratak Chain. It barely has a total land size of 5 square miles (13 km2). Arno, unlike most other atolls, has three lagoons, one huge in the center and two smaller ones to the north and east. Its major lagoon covers a total area of 130.77 square miles (338.7 km2). It is the nearest atoll to the Marshall Islands capital, Majuro Atoll, at barely 20 kilometers (12 miles), and can be seen facing east from Majuro on a clear day at low tide. Arno Atoll has a population of 1,794 people according to the 2011 census. Ajeltokrok, Kobjeltak, Rearlaplap, Langor, and Tutu are the most populous islets. Ine, Arno is the largest village.

Arno residents are widely known for their efficiency in the production of copra (the dried out meat of coconuts, from which coconut oil is extracted). Arno women are well-known for producing the Kili Bag, a popular handwoven handbag/purse named for another Marshall Islands island (to which the people of Bikini were eventually relocated as a result of the US nuclear tests that were conducted on their home atoll). Arno allegedly ran a classic "love school."

Location: North Pacific, Marshall Islands