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Archipelago

    Marshall Islands

    11°28′N 162°23′E

    Enewetak islands

    Part of Ralik Chain

    Enewetak islands

    NASA / Public domain

    Chart

    2 landforms

    Major islands

    1
    • Runit Island

      Runit Island

      Area
      0.44 km²
      High point
      7 m

      Runit Island is one of forty islands of the Enewetak Atoll of the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean. The island is the site of a radioactive waste repository left by the United States after it conducted a series of nuclear tests on Enewetak Atoll between 1946 and 1958.

    Islets

    1
    • Unnamed island8 m · 0.07 km²

    Also in the area

    44

    Inside the group's outline but not confirmed as members by any source.

    • Enewetak12 m · 1.3 km²
    • Unnamed island7 m · 1 km²
    • Medren12 m · 0.88 km²
    • Aomon14 m · 0.63 km²
    • Japtan10 m · 0.32 km²
    • Unnamed island4 m · 0.21 km²
    • Unnamed island7 m · 0.2 km²
    • Unnamed island8 m · 0.16 km²
    • Ikuren15 m · 0.15 km²
    • Unnamed island11 m · 0.15 km²
    • Unnamed island11 m · 0.14 km²
    • Unnamed island8 m · 0.11 km²

    Figures

    Comparative heights

    Sea level5 m10 m15 m20 m19 mRigili15 mIkuren14 mAomon12 mEnewetak12 mMedren10 mJaptan7 mRunit7 mJedrol6 mEybbiyae4 mBokandretok2 mBiken
    High points by island, metres above sea level.

    Islands by area

    0.00010.0010.010.1110Enewetak: 1.3 km²EnewetakUnnamed island: 1 km²Unnamed islandMedren: 0.88 km²MedrenAomon: 0.63 km²AomonRunit: 0.44 km²RunitJaptan: 0.32 km²JaptanUnnamed island: 0.21 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.2 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.16 km²Unnamed islandIkuren: 0.15 km²IkurenUnnamed island: 0.15 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.14 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.11 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.1 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.09 km²Unnamed islandEybbiyae: 0.09 km²EybbiyaeUnnamed island: 0.08 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.08 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.08 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.08 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.07 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.07 km²Unnamed islandRigili: 0.05 km²RigiliUnnamed island: 0.04 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.04 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.03 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.03 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.02 km²Unnamed islandJedrol: 0.02 km²JedrolBokandretok: 0.02 km²BokandretokUnnamed island: 0.02 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.02 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.01 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.01 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.9 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.8 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.6 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.5 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.5 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.4 haUnnamed island
    km², log scale
    Enewetak1.3 km²
    Unnamed island1 km²
    Medren0.88 km²
    Aomon0.63 km²
    Runit Island0.44 km²
    Japtan0.32 km²
    Unnamed island0.21 km²
    Unnamed island0.2 km²
    Unnamed island0.16 km²
    Ikuren0.15 km²
    Unnamed island0.15 km²
    Unnamed island0.14 km²
    Unnamed island0.11 km²
    Unnamed island0.1 km²
    Unnamed island0.09 km²
    Eybbiyae0.09 km²
    Unnamed island0.08 km²
    Unnamed island0.08 km²
    Unnamed island0.08 km²
    Unnamed island0.08 km²
    Unnamed island0.07 km²
    Unnamed island0.07 km²
    Rigili0.05 km²
    Unnamed island0.04 km²
    Unnamed island0.04 km²
    Unnamed island0.03 km²
    Unnamed island0.03 km²
    Unnamed island0.02 km²
    Jedrol0.02 km²
    Bokandretok0.02 km²
    Unnamed island0.02 km²
    Unnamed island0.02 km²
    Unnamed island0.01 km²
    Unnamed island0.01 km²
    Unnamed island0.9 ha
    Unnamed island0.8 ha
    Unnamed island0.6 ha
    Unnamed island0.5 ha
    Unnamed island0.5 ha
    Unnamed island0.4 ha
    Biken0.4 ha
    Unnamed island0.4 ha
    Unnamed island0.3 ha
    Unnamed island0.3 ha
    Unnamed island0.2 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha

    Sources

    Facts

    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Talus

    Photographs