Enewetak Atoll (/ɛˈniːwəˌtɔːk, ˌɛnɪˈwiːtɔːk/; also spelled Eniwetok Atoll or sometimes Eniewetok; Marshallese: Ānewetak, [ænʲeːwɛːdˠɑk], or Āne-wātak,...
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Ivy Mike (category Enewetak Atoll nuclear explosive tests)
on November 1, 1952, by the United States on the island of Elugelab in Enewetak Atoll, in the now independent island nation of the Marshall Islands, as...
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Battle of Eniwetok (category Enewetak Atoll)
Pacific campaign of World War II, fought from 17 to 23 February 1944 on Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The invasion of Eniwetok followed the American...
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Operation Hardtack I (category Enewetak Atoll nuclear explosive tests)
nautical miles (280 mi; 440 km) from Enewetak) and one at Kusaie (around 440 nautical miles (510 mi; 810 km) from Enewetak). Though Cactus is mentioned in...
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Enewetak Auxiliary Airfield is a private airport at Enewetak on Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands. This airport is assigned the location identifier ENT...
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Runit Island (category Enewetak Atoll)
Runit Island (/ˈruːnɪt/) is one of forty islands of the Enewetak Atoll of the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean. The island is the site of a radioactive...
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1958, the United States conducted 67 nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll and Enewetak Atoll. The U.S. government formed the Congress of Micronesia in 1965, a...
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Operation Ivy (category Enewetak Atoll nuclear explosive tests)
before Upshot–Knothole. The two explosions were staged in late 1952 at Enewetak Atoll in the Pacific Proving Ground in the Marshall Islands. The Operation...
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Operation Castle (category Enewetak Atoll nuclear explosive tests)
Lagoon. Since then, American nuclear weapons testing had moved to the Enewetak Atoll to take advantage of generally larger islands and deeper water. Both...
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Naval Base Eniwetok (redirect from Naval Base Enewetak)
Naval Base Eniwetok was a major United States Navy base located at Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands, during World War II. The base was built to support...
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Operation Greenhouse (category Enewetak Atoll nuclear explosive tests)
bombs). Conducted at the new Pacific Proving Ground, on islands of the Enewetak Atoll, it mounted the devices on large steel towers to simulate air bursts...
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Elugelab (category Enewetak Atoll)
(Marshallese: Āllokļap, [ællʲoɡʷ(o)lˠɑpʲ]), was an island, part of the Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands. It was destroyed in the world's first full-scale...
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Pacific Proving Grounds (category Enewetak Atoll)
averaging about $18 million per year were made to the peoples of Bikini, Enewetak, Rongelap, and Utrik for medical and radiological monitoring, and in response...
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Operation Redwing (category Enewetak Atoll nuclear explosive tests)
test detonations from May to July 1956. They were conducted at Bikini and Enewetak atolls by Joint Task Force 7 (JTF7). The entire operation followed Project...
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Ivy King (category Enewetak Atoll nuclear explosive tests)
the bomb over a point 2,000 feet (610 m) north of Runit Island in the Enewetak atoll, resulting in a 500 kiloton explosion at 1,480 feet (450 m). The...
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Operation Sandstone (category Enewetak Atoll nuclear explosive tests)
Sandstone tests were carried out at the Pacific Proving Grounds, although at Enewetak Atoll rather than Bikini Atoll. They differed from Crossroads in that they...
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females with "full-term embryos" have also been reported in the fall off Enewetak. The newborns measure 45–60 cm (18–24 in) long. Sexual maturation occurs...
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conduit Ent Air Force Base, in Colorado Springs; defunct Enewetak Auxiliary Airfield, Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands Ent Credit Union, an American credit...
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Los Jardines (English: The Gardens). The atoll may have been Bikini or Enewetak Atoll. The Spaniards went ashore and ate with the islanders. According...
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village in north-eastern Burma Bogon Islet, a South Pacific islet in the Enewetak Atoll Bogon filtering, the filtering of bogus IP addresses (bogon space)...
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magnitude lower than that of element 99, and so contaminated coral from the Enewetak atoll (where the test had taken place) was shipped to the University of...
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operations in U.S. history. The Operation Greenhouse shots of May 1951, at Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands, included the first boosted fission weapon...
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Majuro and Enewetak Atoll, where gusts of 80 mph (130 km/h) were reported and one person was injured. Nuclear cleanup operations on Enewetak in the wake...
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the chain: Ailinginae Atoll Ailinglaplap Atoll Bikini Atoll Ebon Atoll Enewetak Atoll Jabat Island Jaluit Atoll Kili Island Kwajalein Atoll Lae Atoll Lib...
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Aerial view of the American airstrip on Enewetak Atoll, a quintessential "unsinkable aircraft carrier"....
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configuration was tested at full scale in the "Ivy Mike" shot at an island in the Enewetak Atoll, with a yield of 10.4 Mt (44 PJ) (over 450 times more powerful than...
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Scott (1987). "Chapter 14 Mollusca of Enewetak Atoll". In Devaney, Dennis M. (ed.). The Natural history of Enewetak Atoll. Vol. 2. pp. 105–146. doi:10.5962/bhl...
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first thermonuclear explosion occurred when Ivy Mike was detonated on Enewetak Atoll, within the US Pacific Proving Grounds. This device, which used liquid...
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Vostok Island List of islands of Macau Sipadan Marshall Islands Bikini Enewetak Kwajalein Rongelap Majuro Cedros Island Tiburón Island Revillagigedo Islands...
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Country / territory City / Town Airport Notes Refs Marshall Islands Enewetak Enewetak Auxiliary Airfield Palau Koror Palau International Airport Micronesia...
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