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.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Eniwetok Atoll canonical 6
Eniwetok Island 3
Eniwetok Atoll base 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf atoll ⓘ
coral atoll ⓘ
former nuclear test site ⓘ
island group ⓘ
alternativeSpelling Enewetak ⓘ
linked to: Enewetak Atoll
area about 2.73 square kilometers ⓘ
cleanupEffort U.S.-led decontamination and resettlement program ⓘ
cleanupPeriod 1970s ⓘ
climate tropical marine ⓘ
colonialPower Germany ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
contains Engebi Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Japtan Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Medren Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Parry Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Runit Island ⓘ
containsStructure Runit Dome ⓘ
contaminatedBy radioactive fallout ⓘ
country Marshall Islands ⓘ
discoveredByEuropeans Spanish explorers ⓘ
environmentalIssue long-term radioactive contamination ⓘ
vulnerability to sea-level rise ⓘ
formerName Enewetak Atoll ⓘ
formerSovereignState Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ
United States ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Ralik Chain ⓘ
notableTest Ivy Mike ⓘ
nuclearTestsConductedBy United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ
nuclearTestsPeriodEnd 1958 ⓘ
nuclearTestsPeriodStart 1948 ⓘ
numberOfIslands about 40 ⓘ
numberOfNuclearTests over 40 tests ⓘ
otherNotableTest Greenhouse series ⓘ
Sandstone series ⓘ
partOf Micronesia ⓘ
population small permanent population ⓘ
populationNote population significantly reduced after nuclear testing ⓘ
RunitDomeFunction concrete containment for radioactive debris ⓘ
sovereignState Marshall Islands ⓘ
strategicUse U.S. military base during and after World War II ⓘ
timeZone UTC+12 ⓘ
use nuclear test site ⓘ
usedBy United States ⓘ
WorldWarIIBattle Battle of Eniwetok ⓘ
WorldWarIIEvent captured by United States from Japan in 1944 ⓘ
WorldWarIOutcome transferred from Germany to Japan under League of Nations mandate ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

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

Marshall Islands archipelago → contains → Eniwetok Atoll ⓘ
Operation Flintlock → location → Eniwetok Atoll ⓘ
Strategic Trust Territory → includes → Eniwetok Atoll ⓘ
Battle of Eniwetok → islandAssaulted → Eniwetok Island ⓘ
linked to: Eniwetok Atoll
Battle of the Marshall Islands → involvedIsland → Eniwetok Island ⓘ
linked to: Eniwetok Atoll
Japanese defensive perimeter in the Central Pacific → hasPart → Eniwetok Atoll base ⓘ
linked to: Eniwetok Atoll
Operation Catchpole → location → Eniwetok Atoll ⓘ
Operation Catchpole → involvedIsland → Eniwetok Island ⓘ
linked to: Eniwetok Atoll