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Runit

Marshall Islands / Enewetak / Japtan /
 island, dome, nuclear testing area
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Runit is an island on the eastern fringe of Enewetak Atoll.

Site of a couple of nuclear tests the strongest being Ivy King detonated at 2000 feet with a yield of 550 kilotons. After the Cactus shot made a crater the nuclear cleanup team put all the radioactive material in it and covered it up
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Coordinates:   11°32'39"N   162°21'6"E
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