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Bokak Atoll (also known as Taongi Atoll) is an uninhabited 3.2 square kilometer atoll located in the Pacific Ocean at 14°32′N 169°00′E / 14.533°N 169.000°E / 14.533; 169.000. It consists of eleven islands surrounding a 78 square kilometer lagoon. It is a member of the Marshall Islands and is located in the Ratak Chain.

The first European to record discovering Bokak was Alonso de Salazar, a Spanish explorer, on August 21, 1526.

Bokak (as Taongi Islands) was claimed by the Government of the Dominion of Melchizedek, a government existing only on the Internet. This claim was deemed fraudlent by the Marshall Islands Government before the United Nations on April 23, 1998.