Enjebi Island

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Enjebi Island is one of the islands of Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands, historically used as a site for U.S. nuclear testing in the mid-20th century.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Enjebi Island canonical 2
Elugelab island 1

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island
nuclear test site
administeredBy Republic of the Marshall Islands
linked to: Marshall Islands

United States (historical)
affectedByEvent U.S. nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands
associatedWith Enewetak nuclear test site
linked to: Enewetak Atoll

U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
U.S. Department of Defense
belongsToEthnographicRegion Marshall Islands culture area
linked to: Marshall Islands
climate tropical
contaminatedBy cesium-137
plutonium
radioactive fallout
country Marshall Islands
environmentalStatus radioactively contaminated
evacuatedFor nuclear testing
evacuationBy United States government
formerInhabitants Marshallese people
governedAs part of Enewetak Atoll local government
hasType coral island
low-lying atoll islet
historicalPeriod Cold War
locatedIn Marshall Islands
Pacific Ocean
locatedInTimeZone UTC+12
nuclearTestingProgram United States nuclear testing at Enewetak Atoll
partOf Enewetak Atoll
Enewetak Atoll lagoon rim
Ralik Chain
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
region Micronesia
resettlementStatus restricted
sovereignState Republic of the Marshall Islands
linked to: Marshall Islands
testSeries Operation Castle
Operation Greenhouse
Operation Hardtack I
Operation Ivy
Operation Redwing
Operation Sandstone
timePeriod mid-20th century (nuclear testing era)
usedBy United States
usedFor nuclear weapons testing
thermonuclear weapons testing

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Enewetak Atoll containsIsland Enjebi Island
Ivy Mike destroyed Elugelab island
linked to: Enjebi Island
Pacific Proving Grounds contains Enjebi Island