Table 5
RONGELAP ISLAND - RONGELAP ATOLL
RSS-111
EXPOSURE SURVEY
September 1976
Exposure Rate

in

Location

pR/hr

Cross Island transect on
70 m from Ocean Beach
140 m north from Ocean
200 m nortn from Ocean
270 m north from Ocean
350 m north from Ocean
420 m north from Ocean
500 m north from Ocean
570 m north from Ocean

path near church
Beach
Beach
Beach
Beach
Beach
Beach
Beach

Village read transect starting at western end of the village

100 m
front
100 m
200 m
300 m

west of first house in the village
of first house: lagoon site of the road
due east of first house
due east of first house: past houses 3, 4 and 5
due east of first house: near houses 6, 7, 8 and 9

(area covered with crushed coral)
100 m part church
200 m past church near co-op
in front of Jerry Knight's house

in front of 2 houses near the dock
100 m east of the bock
170 m east of the dock

Observation tower at west end of the island in open field
0.5 km east near main road in clearing
1.0 km east near main road about 50 m from the lagoon
1.5 km east near main road in the middle of the road
in coconut grove about 1.2 km east of observation tower
1.9 km east near main road on lagoon side of the road

6.8+0.6
7.0+0.3
8.5+0.3
8.540.2
9,140.5
7.7+0.4
7.5+0.3
4.9+0.4
8.2+0.3
7.8+0.4
7.3+0.4
8.9+0.3
5.9+0.4
7,1+0,3
6.7+0.3
6.0+0.3

5.8+0.4
6.6+0.4
6.6+0.7

5.1+0.3
9.60.3
8.5+0.3
5.8+0.3
8.1+0.2
7.8+0.2

2.4 km east near main road, lagoon side on grass covered coral
2.9 km east near main road, lagoon side of grassy area
3.4 km east near main road, grassy area on the ocean side

6.3+0.3
7,140.2
8.8+0.4

4.3 km east near main road, grassy near trees lagoon side

7.140,3

3.8 km east near main road, grassy area on the ocean side

4.8 km east near main road, grassy area on ocean side

5.3 km east near main road, grassy area on lagoon side
5.8 km east near main road, a grassy area with Pandanus at edge
of village
6.3 km east near main road in the village by the school and

cemetery
along side church in mil village

6.7 km east near main road, east of village in grassy area
beneath coconut trees, ocean side of the road

8.3 km east near main road near Japanese cistern

8.8 km northeast beneath Guettarda grove, ocean side
9.3 km northeast approaching north end of island
9.8 km northeast on main road, ocean side in a coconut grove
10.2 km northeast near end of island in grassy area and scaveola
crees

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8.3+0.4

6.1+0.4
7.4+0,2
6.6+0.3

5.0+0.2

8.9+0.4
6.6+0.2

7.9+0.2

7.5+0.2
9.5+0.4
9,540.5
6.0+0.4

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