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

Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runit_Island

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Coordinates: 11°32'39"N 162°21'6"E

Enewetak 21 km
Enewetak Atoll 38 km
Bikini atoll 310 km
Bikini 346 km
Rongelap Atoll 465 km
Rongerik Atoll 546 km
Wilkes Island - Wake Island Atoll 976 km
Wake Island Atoll 978 km
Wake Island - Wake Island Atoll 978 km
Peale Island - Wake Island Atoll 979 km

Deep Entrance 15 km
Hardtack 1 Koa shot crater 22 km
Ivy Mike Crater 22 km
Hardtack Oak Crater 28 km
Romeo Crater 318 km
Redwing Tewa crater 326 km
Castle Union and Yankee craters 334 km
Operation Crossroads Shots ABLE & BAKER 344 km
Approximate Position of sunken ships of July 1946 344 km
Wake Island Airfield (PWAK) 977 km

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Deep Entrance Hardtack 1 Koa shot crater Ivy Mike Crater Hardtack Oak Crater Romeo Crater Redwing Tewa crater Castle Union and Yankee craters Operation Crossroads Shots ABLE & BAKER Approximate Position of sunken ships of July 1946 Wake Island Airfield (PWAK)