National Historic Landmark · battlefield · Kwajalein Atoll

Kwajalein Island Battlefield

Added to the National Register in 1985, and a National Historic Landmark.

Open to visitNational Historic LandmarkListed 19851 contributing buildings
Kwajalein Island Battlefield
Photos via Wikimedia Commons

The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeHistoric district
AddressKwajalein Missile Range, Kwajalein Atoll
CountyKwajalein County
ListedFeb 4, 1985
Reference number85001757
Type of placebattlefield, historic site
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources1 buildings, 6 structures, 3 sites, 3 objects

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Open to the public
AddressKwajalein Missile Range, Kwajalein Atoll,
Coordinates8.71886, 167.73194 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitAmerican Memorial Park · 1554 mi · on Park Atlas
This one you can go inside. Hours and admission change with the season; the website above has the current schedule.

Explore

Why you would stay

Map

Reference

Exists because it is true

Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 85001757. Nothing here is transcribed by hand.