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 |
| Rongelap Atoll Local Government (RALGOV) | 1 |
| Rongelap Municipality | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T387224 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Rongelap Atoll Context triple: [Marshall Islands, hasAtoll, Rongelap Atoll]
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Rose Atoll
Rose Atoll is a remote, uninhabited coral atoll in the South Pacific Ocean known for its rich marine biodiversity and status as a protected wildlife refuge.
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B.
Enewetak Atoll
Enewetak Atoll is a coral atoll in the Pacific Ocean best known as a major U.S. nuclear weapons testing site during the mid-20th century.
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C.
Kwajalein Atoll
Kwajalein Atoll is a large coral atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands that hosts a major U.S. military installation and missile test range in the central Pacific Ocean.
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D.
Tinian
Tinian is a small island in the western Pacific Ocean best known as part of the Northern Mariana Islands and as the World War II airbase from which the atomic bomb missions to Hiroshima and Nagasaki were launched.
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E.
Bikini Atoll
Bikini Atoll is a coral atoll in the Pacific Ocean best known as a former U.S. nuclear test site and now a symbol of both atomic history and environmental impact.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Rongelap Atoll Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Rose Atoll
Rose Atoll is a remote, uninhabited coral atoll in the South Pacific Ocean known for its rich marine biodiversity and status as a protected wildlife refuge.
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B.
Enewetak Atoll
Enewetak Atoll is a coral atoll in the Pacific Ocean best known as a major U.S. nuclear weapons testing site during the mid-20th century.
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C.
Kwajalein Atoll
Kwajalein Atoll is a large coral atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands that hosts a major U.S. military installation and missile test range in the central Pacific Ocean.
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D.
Tinian
Tinian is a small island in the western Pacific Ocean best known as part of the Northern Mariana Islands and as the World War II airbase from which the atomic bomb missions to Hiroshima and Nagasaki were launched.
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E.
Bikini Atoll
Bikini Atoll is a coral atoll in the Pacific Ocean best known as a former U.S. nuclear test site and now a symbol of both atomic history and environmental impact.
- F. None of above. chosen
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)
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| 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
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| capitalOf |
Rongelap Atoll
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Rongelap Municipality
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| climate | tropical marine climate ⓘ |
| country |
Marshall Islands
ⓘ
surface form:
Republic of the Marshall Islands
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| dateOfMajorFalloutExposure | 1954-03-01 ⓘ |
| distanceFromBikiniAtoll | about 160 kilometers east ⓘ |
| environmentalIssue |
cesium-137 contamination
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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
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surface form:
Rongelap Atoll Local Government (RALGOV)
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| hasAlternativeName |
Rongelap Atoll
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surface form:
Rongelap
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| hasEthnicGroup | Marshallese ⓘ |
| hasLagoonArea | about 1000 square kilometers ⓘ |
| hasLandArea | about 8 square kilometers ⓘ |
| hasMainIsland |
Rongelap Atoll
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Rongelap Island
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| hasMunicipalityStatus | municipality of the Marshall Islands ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfIslands | 61 ⓘ |
| hasSettlement |
Bokon Island
ⓘ
Eniaetok Island ⓘ Rongelap Atoll self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Rongelap Island
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| healthEffectsObserved |
birth defects
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cancers ⓘ thyroid disease ⓘ |
| knownFor |
exposure to fallout from U.S. nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll
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radioactive contamination from nuclear fallout ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
English language
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Marshallese language ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Marshall Islands
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Pacific Ocean ⓘ Ratak Chain ⓘ central Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| nearbyAtoll |
Ailinginae Atoll
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Bikini Atoll ⓘ Rongerik Atoll ⓘ |
| partOf |
Marshall Islands
ⓘ
surface form:
Micronesia
eastern chain of the Marshall Islands ⓘ
surface form:
Ratak Chain of the Marshall Islands
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| re-evacuationOccurred | 1985 ⓘ |
| repopulationAttempt | 1957 ⓘ |
| sovereignState | Marshall Islands ⓘ |
| timeZone | UTC+12 ⓘ |
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Subject: Rongelap Atoll Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (10)
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