B:ikenaren=) Bok _ — . eee » Rongerik .. Bok Pass . Karuna / z= N 1 a ny N. ~ * Sokran SNOW OLN t ny 2 3 ¢# statute miles Map =. Roneertk Aroil. ° Surveys ot Ronger:k bv navy personne! revealed thar it might present some problems of economic selt-surficiency tor The aroi] is much smailer nan Bikim. In con- crast. to Bikinis twenty-six isiands ana lana area of 2.32 square mues. Rongerik has oniv ten islands with a total area of about ‘1.63 square miles: tne largest of the ten islands covers a scant ‘1.17 square miles as opposed to the 9.66 square miles ot Bikini Island. Rongerik’s lagoon of fifty-five square miles is less than one-fourth that ot Bikini’s see Map 4°. Further. as Rongerik ste orgee: ine community. impressive (Mason 1954:264). The administration sought the counsel of the Bikinians’ paramount chiet. He urged thar the people be moved to either Ciae or Lae Atolls in northern Ralik: both were inhabited and le oe enetyt Te not developed to support a permanent population of anysize. and the quality and quantityofits subsistence crops were not © €nz2logs was only occasionally visited by the people of Rongelab. i: was ™ os ate bined Saerwh yrs Seer iy ated Ti thal nw Motnk* ° _- - aie ~- aot Batbat —-2.-.._M6tlab o eh. aoe Le ey 9s ree _——Jetibtib ~ « ee - -~rT oF . 107°.30 E ChE ee eT een) Environmentai and Historicai Setting