Rongelap Atoll

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Rongelap Atoll is a coral atoll in the central Pacific Ocean best known for being heavily contaminated by fallout from U.S. nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll in the 1950s.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Rongelap Atoll canonical 5
Rongelap Island 2
Rongelap 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf atoll
coral atoll
administeredBy Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
surface form: Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (historically)

United States of America
surface form: United States (historically under UN trusteeship)
affectedBy Castle Bravo
surface form: Castle Bravo nuclear test

United States nuclear weapons testing
surface form: U.S. nuclear testing program in the Marshall Islands
capitalOf Rongelap Atoll self-linksurface differs
surface form: Rongelap Municipality
climate tropical marine climate
country Marshall Islands
surface form: Republic of the Marshall Islands
dateOfMajorFalloutExposure 1954-03-01
distanceFromBikiniAtoll about 160 kilometers east
environmentalIssue cesium-137 contamination
long-term radioactive contamination
strontium-90 contamination
evacuatedBy Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior in 1985
evacuationOccurred 1954
falloutSource Bikini Atoll
governedAs Rongelap Atoll self-linksurface differs
surface form: Rongelap Atoll Local Government (RALGOV)
hasAlternativeName Rongelap Atoll
surface form: Rongelap
hasEthnicGroup Marshallese
hasLagoonArea about 1000 square kilometers
hasLandArea about 8 square kilometers
hasMainIsland Rongelap Atoll self-linksurface differs
surface form: Rongelap Island
hasMunicipalityStatus municipality of the Marshall Islands
hasNumberOfIslands 61
hasSettlement Bokon Island
Eniaetok Island
Rongelap Atoll self-linksurface differs
surface form: Rongelap Island
healthEffectsObserved birth defects
cancers
thyroid disease
knownFor exposure to fallout from U.S. nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll
radioactive contamination from nuclear fallout
languageUsed English language
Marshallese language
locatedIn Marshall Islands
Pacific Ocean
Ratak Chain
central Pacific Ocean
nearbyAtoll Ailinginae Atoll
Bikini Atoll
Rongerik Atoll
partOf Marshall Islands
surface form: Micronesia

eastern chain of the Marshall Islands
surface form: Ratak Chain of the Marshall Islands
re-evacuationOccurred 1985
repopulationAttempt 1957
sovereignState Marshall Islands
timeZone UTC+12

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marshall Islands hasAtoll Rongelap Atoll
Ralik Chain hasPart Rongelap Atoll
Rongelap Atoll capitalOf Rongelap Atoll self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Rongelap Municipality
Rongelap Atoll hasSettlement Rongelap Atoll self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Rongelap Island
Rongelap Atoll governedAs Rongelap Atoll self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Rongelap Atoll Local Government (RALGOV)
Rongelap Atoll hasMainIsland Rongelap Atoll self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Rongelap Island
Rongelap Atoll hasAlternativeName Rongelap Atoll
this entity surface form: Rongelap
Marshall Islands archipelago contains Rongelap Atoll
Operation Castle affected Rongelap Atoll
subject surface form: Castle Bravo
Castle Bravo affectedArea Rongelap Atoll