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34World Heritage papers World Heritage in a Sea of Islands Pacific 2009 ProgrammeWorld Heritage in a Sea of Islands Pacific 2009 ProgrammeUNESCO World Heritage Centre 7, place de Fontenoy 75352 Paris 07 SP France Tel : 33 (0)1 42 68 15 71 Fax : 33 (0)1 45 68 55 70 E-mail : [email protected][email protected]
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Nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll consisted of the detonation of 23 (or 24 [a]) nuclear weapons by the United States between 1946 and 1958 on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Tests occurred at 7 test sites on the reef itself, on the sea, in the air, and underwater. [ 2 ]
Bikini Atoll is one of the most northerly atolls at 11°N, with 23 islands and approx 187 km2 of reef. In general, reef habitats at Bikini Atoll and on other Marshall Island atolls include narrow reef flats with spur and groove development, reef crest and steep vertical exposed walls, protected sandy lagoons with patch reef development and ...
By Sam Scott. N early 60 years after the last of 23 nuclear explosions in its land, air and water, Bikini Atoll again looks like the idyllic Pacific paradise it was in 1946 — a bracelet of sandy, palm-covered islets encircling an azure lagoon.
12 gru 2019 · The nuclear testing programme at Bikini Atoll was a series of 23 nuclear weapons detonated by the United States between 1946 and 1958 at seven test sites on the reef itself, on the sea, in the air, and underwater. The test weapons produced a combined fission yield of 42.2 Mt of explosive power.
Bikini Atoll (/ ˈbɪkɪˌniː / or / bɪˈkiːni /; Marshallese: Pikinni, [pʲiɡinnʲi], lit. 'coconut place'), [2] known as Eschscholtz Atoll between the 19th century and 1946, [3] is a coral reef in the Marshall Islands consisting of 23 islands surrounding a 229.4-square-mile (594.1 km 2) central lagoon.
