Rongelap Atoll

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atoll coral atoll

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.

Aliases (4)

Rongelap Island ×2
Rongelap ×1
Rongelap Atoll Local Government (RALGOV) ×1
Rongelap Municipality ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	atoll → coral atoll →
administeredBy	Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (historically) → United States (historically under UN trusteeship) →
affectedBy	Castle Bravo nuclear test → U.S. nuclear testing program in the Marshall Islands →
capitalOf	Rongelap Municipality →
climate	tropical marine climate →
country	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 Local Government (RALGOV) →
hasAlternativeName	Rongelap →
hasEthnicGroup	Marshallese →
hasLagoonArea	about 1000 square kilometers →
hasLandArea	about 8 square kilometers →
hasMainIsland	Rongelap Island →
hasMunicipalityStatus	municipality of the Marshall Islands →
hasNumberOfIslands	61 →
hasSettlement	Bokon Island → Eniaetok Island → 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	Micronesia → Ratak Chain of the Marshall Islands →
re-evacuationOccurred	1985 →
repopulationAttempt	1957 →
sovereignState	Marshall Islands →
timeZone	UTC+12 →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Rongelap Atoll ("Rongelap Municipality") →	capitalOf
Rongelap Atoll ("Rongelap Atoll Local Government (RALGOV)") →	governedAs
Rongelap Atoll ("Rongelap") →	hasAlternativeName
Marshall Islands →	hasAtoll
Rongelap Atoll ("Rongelap Island") →	hasMainIsland
Ralik Chain →	hasPart
Rongelap Atoll ("Rongelap Island") →	hasSettlement