00:00The Marshall Islands, or the Marshalls, officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands, are a country in Micronesia.
00:05Oceania.
00:06This archipelago is located in the southwestern North Pacific Ocean, east of the Caroline Islands, in the
00:11north-northwest of the Gilbert Islands, south and south-southeast of Wake Island, and east-southeast
00:15Northern Marianas.
00:16It is made up of volcanic islands and coral atolls.
00:19It became known worldwide as the site of US atmospheric nuclear tests in the years
00:241940 and 1950.
00:25Its independence from the United States was officially recognized in 1990.
