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

How this entity was disambiguated

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
linked to: Castle Bravo

U.S. nuclear testing program in the Marshall Islands
capitalOf Rongelap Municipality
linked to: Rongelap Atoll
climate tropical marine climate
country Republic of the Marshall Islands
linked to: 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)
linked to: Rongelap Atoll
hasAlternativeName Rongelap
linked to: Rongelap Atoll
hasEthnicGroup Marshallese
hasLagoonArea about 1000 square kilometers
hasLandArea about 8 square kilometers
hasMainIsland Rongelap Island
linked to: Rongelap Atoll
hasMunicipalityStatus municipality of the Marshall Islands
hasNumberOfIslands 61
hasSettlement Bokon Island
Eniaetok Island
Rongelap Island
linked to: Rongelap Atoll
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
linked to: Marshall Islands

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 Municipality
linked to: Rongelap Atoll
Rongelap Atoll hasSettlement Rongelap Island
linked to: Rongelap Atoll
Rongelap Atoll governedAs Rongelap Atoll Local Government (RALGOV)
linked to: Rongelap Atoll
Rongelap Atoll hasMainIsland Rongelap Island
linked to: Rongelap Atoll
Rongelap Atoll hasAlternativeName Rongelap
linked to: Rongelap Atoll
Marshall Islands archipelago contains Rongelap Atoll
Castle Bravo affected Rongelap Atoll
subject linked to: Operation Castle
Castle Bravo affectedArea Rongelap Atoll