Eniwetok Atoll
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Eniwetok 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.
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
atoll
ⓘ
coral atoll ⓘ former nuclear test site ⓘ island group ⓘ |
| alternativeSpelling | Enewetak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| area | about 2.73 square kilometers ⓘ |
| cleanupEffort | U.S.-led decontamination and resettlement program ⓘ |
| cleanupPeriod | 1970s ⓘ |
| climate | tropical marine ⓘ |
| colonialPower |
Germany
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
Engebi Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Japtan Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Medren Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Parry Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Runit Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsStructure | Runit Dome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contaminatedBy | radioactive fallout ⓘ |
| country | Marshall Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredByEuropeans | Spanish explorers ⓘ |
| environmentalIssue |
long-term radioactive contamination
ⓘ
vulnerability to sea-level rise ⓘ |
| formerName | Enewetak Atoll NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerSovereignState |
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| highestElevation | about 5 meters above sea level ⓘ |
| IvyMikeCrater | large crater in the atoll’s reef and lagoon ⓘ |
| IvyMikeDate | 1 November 1952 ⓘ |
| IvyMikeSignificance | first full-scale test of a thermonuclear (hydrogen) bomb ⓘ |
| IvyMikeYield | about 10.4 megatons of TNT ⓘ |
| knownFor |
U.S. nuclear weapons testing
ⓘ
thermonuclear weapon tests ⓘ |
| lagoonArea | about 974 square kilometers ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Marshall Islands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ Ralik Chain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableTest | Ivy Mike NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nuclearTestsConductedBy | United States Atomic Energy Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nuclearTestsPeriodEnd | 1958 ⓘ |
| nuclearTestsPeriodStart | 1948 ⓘ |
| numberOfIslands | about 40 ⓘ |
| numberOfNuclearTests | over 40 tests ⓘ |
| otherNotableTest |
Greenhouse series
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sandstone series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Micronesia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| population | small permanent population ⓘ |
| populationNote | population significantly reduced after nuclear testing ⓘ |
| RunitDomeFunction | concrete containment for radioactive debris ⓘ |
| sovereignState | Marshall Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| strategicUse | U.S. military base during and after World War II ⓘ |
| timeZone | UTC+12 ⓘ |
| use | nuclear test site ⓘ |
| usedBy | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| WorldWarIIBattle | Battle of Eniwetok NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| WorldWarIIEvent | captured by United States from Japan in 1944 ⓘ |
| WorldWarIOutcome | transferred from Germany to Japan under League of Nations mandate ⓘ |
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