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    Rongerik Atoll or Rongdrik Atoll (Marshallese: Ron̄dik, [rʷɔŋʷ(ɯ)rʲik]) is an unpopulated coral atoll of 17 islands in the Pacific Ocean, and is located...
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    considered a forced relocation. In 1946 they moved to Rongerik, a small island east of Bikini Atoll, but it turned out to have inadequate resources to support...
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    and LST 861 to the uninhabited Rongerik Atoll, which was one-sixth the size of Bikini Atoll. No one lived on Rongerik because it had an inadequate water...
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    District. Ailinginae Atoll and Rongerik Atoll traditionally belong to Rongelap Atoll Erikub Atoll belongs to the people of Wotja Atoll Jemo Island belongs...
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    Operation Crossroads (category Nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll)
    evacuated from the island on board the LST-861, with most moving to the Rongerik Atoll. In the 1950s, a series of large thermonuclear tests rendered Bikini...
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    inhabited surrounding islands including Rongerik Atoll, Rongelap Atoll (120 kilometers (75 mi) away) and Utirik Atoll. Irradiated debris fell up to 2 centimeters...
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    Islands. Also contaminated by Castle Bravo test: Rongelap Atoll, Ailinginae Atoll, Rongerik Atoll Marshallese-English Dictionary - Place Name Index "Republic...
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    Pacific Proving Grounds (category Bikini Atoll)
    July 1946 through July 1947, the residents of Bikini Atoll who had been relocated to Rongerik Atoll were starving for lack of food. A team of U.S. investigators...
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    (Kapingamarangi or Coroa, Mapia or Güedes, Ocea (now Kiritimati) or Matador, and Rongerik or Pescadores) continue legally under Spanish sovereignty. This is because...
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    Atoll Bikar (Bikaar) Atoll Bikini Atoll Bokak Atoll Erikub Atoll Jemo Island Nadikdik Atoll Rongerik Atoll Toke Atoll Ujelang Atoll The average altitude...
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    survival at several other Marshall Islands, including Rongerik Atoll, Ujelang Atoll, Kwajalein Atoll, and Kili Island. A decade later the U.S. suggested...
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    portal Also contaminated by Castle Bravo test: Rongelap Atoll, Utirik Atoll, Rongerik Atoll Desert island List of islands Marshallese-English Dictionary...
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    Operation Castle (category Nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll)
    Rongelap, and Ailinginae Atolls were subjected to significant levels of radiation. 28 Americans stationed on the Rongerik Atoll were also exposed. Follow-up...
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  • inhabited atolls or islands. The ten uninhabited atolls and islands of the country are not listed: In Ralik Chain: Ailinginae Atoll, Bikini Atoll, Rongerik Atoll...
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    Castle Bravo (category Nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll)
    Radioactive fallout was spread eastward onto the inhabited Rongelap and Rongerik atolls, which were evacuated 48 hours after the detonation. In 1957, the Atomic...
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    disassembled both the Community center and church for reassembly on Rongerik Atoll. In August the battalion was decommissioned with men transferred to...
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    a small rowing/sailing canoe used for fishing and transportation in the atoll lagoons. It has a crew of one or two. Used nowadays in very popular regattas...
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    Kili Island (category Atolls of the Marshall Islands)
    Bikini Atoll's indigenous population from Rongerik Atoll, where they had previously been relocated after their first relocation to Kwajalein Atoll failed...
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    Ailinginae Atolls to significant level of radiation, and 28 Americans stationed on the Rongerik Atoll were also exposed. Those on the Rongelap Atoll were the...
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  • River,  Kentucky  United States Rongelap Atoll Ralik Chain  Marshall Islands Rongerik Atoll Kwajalein Atoll, Ralik Chain  Marshall Islands Roosevelt East...
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    nuclear fallout spreading eastward onto the inhabited Rongelap and Rongerik atolls, which were soon evacuated.[citation needed] Many of the Marshall Islands...
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    LST-133 participated in Operation Crossroads, the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in July 1946, as targets. USS LST-467 sunk in 1979 as an artificial reef...
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    nuclear fallout spreading eastward onto the inhabited Rongelap and Rongerik atolls, which were soon evacuated. Many of the Marshall Islanders have since...
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    Namdrik Atoll Namu Atoll Rongelap Atoll Rongerik Atoll Toke Atoll Ujae Atoll Ujelang Atoll Utirik Atoll Wotho Atoll Wotje Atoll Jabat Island Jaluit Atoll Jemo...
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    'Namu Atoll' Pikinni [pʲiɡinnʲi], 'Bikini Atoll' Roñdik [rʷɔŋʷ(ɯ)rʲik], 'Rongerik (Rongdrik) Atoll' Roñḷap [rʷɔŋʷ(ɔ)lˠɑpʲ], 'Rongelap Atoll' Wōtto [wʌttˠɔ]...
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    A proa of the Bikini Islanders is loaded aboard LST 1108 on March 7, 1948, as the island's residents are relocated to Rongerik Atoll....
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    Operation Fitzwilliam (category Enewetak Atoll nuclear explosive tests)
    established at strategic locations, including Majuro Atoll, Rongerik Atoll, Wake Island, and Kwajalein Atoll. To enhance the mobility of the detection efforts...
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  • fatality. The fallout spread eastward onto the inhabited Rongelap and Rongerik Atolls. These islands were not evacuated before the explosion due to the unanticipated...
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  • Schultz in 1953. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the Rongerik Atoll, Marshall Islands, in the western central Pacific Ocean. Males can reach...
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    Naval Base Marshall Islands (category Kwajalein Atoll)
    fallout. Rongerik Atoll, Fleet PO Box 3055, toll islanders were evacuated before Castle Bravo test fallout. Taongi Atoll, Fleet PO Box 3057 Likiep Atoll, Fleet...
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