Ujelang Atoll
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Ujelang Atoll is a remote coral atoll in the Marshall Islands, historically used as a relocation site for displaced islanders from other nuclear-affected atolls.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ujelang Atoll canonical | 2 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | coral atoll ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
ⓘ
surface form:
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (historical)
United Nations Trust Territory ⓘ
surface form:
United States (historical trusteeship)
|
| affectedBy | displacement due to nuclear testing ⓘ |
| climate | tropical marine ⓘ |
| country | Marshall Islands ⓘ |
| distanceFromMajuro | over 1000 kilometers west-northwest (approximate) ⓘ |
| governedAs | Ujelang Atoll municipality ⓘ |
| governedBy | local council (historical) ⓘ |
| hasAccessMode |
by boat
ⓘ
by small aircraft (occasional, historical) ⓘ |
| hasCapital | Ujelang (village) ⓘ |
| hasEcosystem | coral reef ecosystem ⓘ |
| hasHighestElevation | approximately 3 meters above sea level ⓘ |
| hasISOCode | MH-UJA (local code, non-ISO standard) ⓘ |
| hasLagoonArea | approximately 185 square kilometers ⓘ |
| hasLandArea | approximately 1.7 square kilometers ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfIslands | approximately 30 ⓘ |
| hasReefType | barrier reef ⓘ |
| hasSettlement | Ujelang (abandoned village) ⓘ |
| hasVegetation |
coconut palms
ⓘ
tropical shrubs ⓘ |
| hasWildlife |
crustaceans
ⓘ
marine fish ⓘ seabirds ⓘ |
| historicalEra | Cold War nuclear testing period ⓘ |
| historicalUse | relocation site for displaced islanders ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Pacific Ocean
ⓘ
Ralik Chain ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Micronesia ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | UTC+12 ⓘ |
| locatedWestOf |
Bikini Atoll
ⓘ
Enewetak Atoll ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Marshallese ⓘ |
| nearbyAtoll |
Bikini Atoll
ⓘ
Enewetak Atoll ⓘ |
| partOf |
Marshall Islands
ⓘ
surface form:
Republic of the Marshall Islands
|
| partOfAdministrativeDivision |
Ralik Chain
ⓘ
surface form:
Ralik Chain legislative district
|
| partOfIslandGroup | Marshall Islands ⓘ |
| previouslyPopulatedBy |
Micronesians
ⓘ
surface form:
Marshallese people
|
| sovereignState | Marshall Islands ⓘ |
| uninhabited | true ⓘ |
| usedAsRelocationSiteDuring | nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands ⓘ |
| usedAsRelocationSiteFor |
Bikini Atoll inhabitants
ⓘ
Enewetak Atoll inhabitants ⓘ |
| usedFor |
copra production (historical)
ⓘ
subsistence fishing (historical) ⓘ |
| wasEvacuated | 1980 ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.