Bikini Atoll
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bikini-atoll-176-7326112
title:
Bikini Atoll
text:
Bikini Atoll, known as Eschscholtz Atoll between the 19th century and 1946, is a coral reef in the Marshall Islands consisting of 23 islands surrounding a 229.4-square-mile (594.1 km) central lagoon. The atoll is at the northern end of the Ralik Chain, approximately 530 miles (850 km) northwest of the capital Majuro. After the Second World War, the atoll was chosen by the United States as a nuclear weapon testing site. It would be the site of only the fourth nuclear bomb detonation and would go
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Coral atoll in the Marshall Islands
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikini_Atoll
date created:
2003-04-04T20:58:24Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T17:46:58Z
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image:
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fields total:
13
integrity:
16