Ailinginae Atoll

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Ailinginae is an uninhabited atoll in the Ralik chain of the Marshall Islands. The atoll is 27 times 9 km across, it has a land area of 2.8 km ², which encloses a lagoon of 105.96 km ². The entire atoll is surrounded by a coral reef. The lagoon has two navigable access to the sea, and Mogiri Eniibukku. The next Atoll, Rongelap, is 26 km away.

On the atoll grow casuarinas and coconut trees.

History

After ignition, the Bravo bomb at Bikini Atoll in the fallout also reached Ailinginae. He was " like a fog " describe. 18 inhabitants of Rongelap who were fishing and gathering copra on the island were heavily infested Ailinginae by the radioactive dust, including four pregnant women. They were exposed to an average radiation dose of 69 X-ray.