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Enewetak Atoll (U.S. Pacific Proving Grounds)

Location: Marshall Islands, United States
Latitude & Longitude: 11.553236, 162.347672
Views: 159   Posted By: bmeyer2 (05/08/2008)
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- Nature & Landscape --> Islands
- Military & War --> Weapons
 
bmeyer2 (05/08/2008)

Enewetak Atoll, part of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, was the site of over 40 nuclear weapons tests (including the first hydrogen bomb), along with the rest of the U.S. Pacific Proving Grounds.

These 2 craters contain contaminated soil and debris, cemented over.

See Wikipedia for more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eniwetok_Atoll

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