8
2.
Rongelap
120N,
1670E
islets,
The
of
THE RONGELAP EXPERIENCE
BACKGROUND--
Atoll
(Fig.
total
largest
0.3
is
2 #l).
3.07
area
orI a submerged
debris,
primarily
atoll
of
is
can
as
grown
more
which
lists
Previously,
it
the
fluctuations
was
Bravo
southwest
than
bound
of
50 low-lying
a lagoon
island,
and German
in
100
1906,
size,
factor
the
of
Hawaii,
at
islands
and
400
Rongelap,
long
in
the
1973,
sq.
has
need
189
to
of
in
in
work
control
1860.
the
a coral
are
and reef
miles.
an area
reef
made of
atoll
reef
organisms.
islands
are
covered
the
kinds
of
plants
of
1986,
issued
with
that
season.
Abstract
the
of
islands
and
dry
84 persons
periods
120
of
that
limiting
Statistical
incident,
Japanese
in
is
is
The
appearance,
a major
165
atoll
mass.
population
reflect
the
and gravel
Islands
the
of
in
staples
The Marshall
1920,
miles
important
volcanic
typical
However,
of
most
sand
vegetation.
time
miles,
structure
resting
Republic,
comprises
sq.
the
2,500
miles.
The geological
be
about
It
and by far
sq.
The
located
atoll
1967,
were
as
totalling
264
in
elsewhere?)
are:
99 in
235.
1958.
evacuated.
In
1954
at
the
(These
Earlier
1945,
by the
records
98 in
193S,
for
11O