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    Runit Island

    11°33′N 162°21′E

    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.

    Runit Island

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    11°33′N 162°21′E

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    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. There are ongoing concerns around deterioration of the waste site and a potential radioactive spill.

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    Nearest islands

    Also in Enewetak islands

    • Enewetak

      1.3 km²▲ 12 m

      Minor islands

    • Unnamed island

      1 km²▲ 7 m

      Minor islands

    • Medren

      0.88 km²▲ 12 m

      Minor islands

    • Aomon

      0.63 km²▲ 14 m

      Minor islands

    • Japtan

      0.32 km²▲ 10 m

      Minor islands

    • Unnamed island

      0.21 km²▲ 4 m

      Minor islands

    • Unnamed island

      0.2 km²▲ 7 m

      Minor islands

    • Unnamed island

      0.16 km²▲ 8 m

      Minor islands

    Also in Ralik Chain

    • Ailinglaplap Atoll

      14.7 km²▲ 3 m

      Major islands

    • Jaluit Atoll

      11.3 km²▲ 3 m

      Major islands

    • Namu Atoll

      6.3 km²▲ 3 m

      Major islands

    • Enewetak Atoll

      5.9 km²▲ 5 m

      Major islands

    • Ebon Atoll

      5.8 km²▲ 25 m

      Major islands

    • Wotho Atoll

      4.3 km²▲ 3 m

      Major islands

    • Jabor

      3.4 km²▲ 21 m

      Major islands

    • Kwajalein Atoll

      3.1 km²▲ 18 m

      Major islands

    Also in Marshall Islands

    • Bokak Atoll

      81.3 km²▲ 3 m

      Major islands

    • Mili Atoll

      14.9 km²▲ 3 m

      Major islands

    • Ailinglaplap Atoll

      14.7 km²▲ 3 m

      Major islands

    • Arno Atoll

      13 km²▲ 3 m

      Major islands

    • Jaluit Atoll

      11.3 km²▲ 3 m

      Major islands

    • Likiep Atoll

      10.3 km²▲ 10 m

      Major islands

    • Maloelap Atoll

      9.8 km²▲ 3 m

      Major islands

    • Rairik

      8.3 km²▲ 20 m

      Major islands

    Also in Micronesia

    • Federated States of Micronesia

      702 km²

      Major islands

    • Tabukaokao

      586 km²▲ 10 m

      Major islands

    • Kiritimati

      546 km²▲ 13 m

      Major islands

    • Guam

      543 km²▲ 406 m

      Major islands

    • Palau

      466 km²

      Major islands

    • Saipan

      119 km²▲ 474 m

      Major islands

    • Tinian

      101 km²▲ 181 m

      Major islands

    • Abanekeneke

      99.9 km²▲ 21 m

      Major islands

    Sources

    Facts

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

    Photographs