Rongerik Atoll

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Rongerik Atoll

Rongerik Atoll (also known as Rongdrik Atoll or Roñdik Atoll) is an uninhabited 1.68 square kilometer atoll

Atoll

An atoll is an island of coral that encircles a lagoon partially or completely....
located in the Pacific Ocean

Pacific Ocean

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Rongerik Atoll (also known as Rongdrik Atoll or Roñdik Atoll) is an uninhabited 1.68 square kilometer atoll

Atoll

An atoll is an island of coral that encircles a lagoon partially or completely....
located in the Pacific Ocean

Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portugal explorer Ferdinand Magellan....
at . It consists of seventeen islands surrounding a 144 square kilometer lagoon. It is a member of the Marshall Islands

Marshall Islands

The Marshall Islands , officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands , is a Micronesian island nation in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, just west of the International Date Line and just north of the Equator....
and is located in the Ralik Chain

Ralik Chain

The Ralik Chain is a chain of islands within the island nation of the Marshall Islands. Ralik means "sunset". , the total population of the Ralik islands is 19,915....
, 200 kilometers east of Bikini Atoll

Bikini Atoll

Bikini Atoll is an atoll in one of the Micronesian Islands in the Pacific Ocean, part of Marshall Islands. It consists of 36 islands surrounding a lagoon....
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It is most famous as the temporary location from March 7, 1946 through March 14, 1948 of the Bikini Atoll's indigenous population while the United States

United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
Government conducted the Operation Crossroads

Operation Crossroads

Operation Crossroads was a series of nuclear weapon tests conducted by the United States and nuclear weapons at Bikini Atoll in the summer of 1946....
nuclear tests. After months of food shortages and malnutrition, they were moved first to Kwajalein

Kwajalein

Kwajalein Atoll is part of the Republic of the Marshall Islands . The southernmost and largest island in the atoll is named Kwajalein Island....
and finally to Kili Island

Kili Island

Kili Island is a 0.93 square kilometer island located in the Pacific Ocean at . It is a member of the Marshall Islands and is located in the Ralik Chain....
. Prior to the First World War it had been part of the German Pacific Territories, although it was not inhabited.

On March 1, 1954, Rongerik was exposed to radioactive fallout as a result of the detonation of Operation Castle

Operation Castle

File:Operation Castle test.oggOperation Castle was a United States series of high-energy nuclear tests by Joint Task Force SEVEN at Bikini Atoll beginning in March 1954....
's Bravo

Castle Bravo

Castle Bravo was the code name given to the first U.S. test of a so-called dry fuel Nuclear fusion hydrogen bomb device, detonated on March 1, 1954, at Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, by the United States, as the first test of Operation Castle ....
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Traditionally, Marshall Islanders believe Rongerik to be haunted by the Demon Girls of Ujae, which contributed to its not being inhabited.

Rongerik Atoll

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