CHAPIER 1 APPENDIX C EQUIPMENT AVAILABILITY Section 1, Army Equipment ............0.0.06 662 | Section 2. | | . || Navy Equipment ..........-.....065 664 | APPENDIX D KEY PERSONNEL Section |. | DESCRIPTION AND HISTORY 1526 - 1972 | | GEOGRAPHY JTG Commanders andstaffs ......... 667 Enewetak Atoll is a small ring of islands approximately 2,500 miles west Section 2. Element Commanders ............-- 667 of Hawaii at latitude 11° 21’ N and longitude 162° 21' E (Figure 1-1). It is the only surface feature of one of the three chains of islands known as the 7. INDEX ....... ccc cc eee eee nee ene eee nes 669 PACIFIC 4 OCEAN : [|: | . = \L | . | ~~ j fey, r Q\ : 1% | 1 FRANCISCO t 7 HONOLULU 7 jos. - 20°N N ENEWETAK « . 400 ~7 a | fy—t— 2500 wl i 1 | | Poo0ON | | SAN AC | : | ! [ -_ -! 0° : 20°S Sa 1 | 1 | 40°S & iy“ ' GP | . 100°E 140°E 180° 140° FIGURE 1-1. GREAT CIRCLE DISTANCES FROM ENEWETAK ATOLL. Marshal! Islands Group (Figure 1-2). The range of undersea mountains which form this chain was not identified as such until 1950. Prior to that, Enewetak was considered part of the Ralik or ‘‘Sunset”’ chain. The Ratak or ‘‘Sunrise’’ chain is the easternmost of the Marshall Islands Group ij - (Figure !-3).! Enewetak Atoll contains some 40 named islands, two coral heads I 4 i unnamedislets, and long stretches of submerged reefs (Figure I[-4). During the nuclear test period, the major islands were assigned ‘‘site”’ names by U.S. Government personnel. The northern islands were XX l