Wotho Atoll

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Wotho ( German outdated: Schantzinsel ) is an atoll in the Ralik chain of the Marshall Islands. The atoll has a land area of 4.33 km ², which encloses a lagoon of 94.92 km ².

The island is also known under the name " Schantz Island ". The German Johan Eberhard von Schantz had discovered the atoll on a voyage around the world on behalf of the Russian Navy.

The atoll was contaminated by radiation by the atomic tests at Bikini Atoll, vegetables such as asparagus is not edible by the contaminated soil and must be imported.

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