Together with Utirik, Ailinginae and Toke atolls, they were charted as Islas de los Reyes (Islands of the Three Wise Kings in Spanish) due to the proximity of Epiphany. The first sighting recorded by Europeans was by Spanish navigator Álvaro de Saavedra on 1 January 1528. The Marshall Islands, of which Rongelap Atoll is a part, were first settled by Micronesians. However, according to the most recent census in 2011 it has begun to recover with about eighty people living on the atoll. The Rainbow Warrior made four trips moving the islanders, their possessions and their homes to Majeto 180kms away. The population asked the US to move them (several times) from Rongelap following the test due to high radiation levels with no success so they asked Greenpeace to help. It is historically notable for its close proximity to US hydrogen bomb tests in 1954, and was particularly devastated by fallout from the Castle Bravo test. It encloses a lagoon with an area of 1,000 square miles (2,600 km 2). Its total land area is 8 square miles (21 km 2). Rongelap Atoll / ˈ r ɒ ŋ ɡ əl æ p/ RONG-gə-lap ( Marshallese: Ron̄ļap, ) is a coral atoll of 61 islands (or motus) in the Pacific Ocean, and forms a legislative district of the Ralik Chain of the Marshall Islands. 1 Cop14 Doc.NASA astronaut photography image of Rongelap Atoll. Characteristics of Bioactive Compounds of Holothuria Atra (Jaeger, 1833) Associated Bacteria 1Gunawan W.Echinodermata) of Kosrae, Eastern Caroline Islands 1.Portunidae, Caphyrinae), with Sea Star Luidia Maculata Muller and Troschel, 1842.Feeding Selectivity of Holothuria Atra in Different Microhabitat in Panjang Island, Jepara (Java, Indonesia).The Diet of the Harlequin Crab Lissocarcinus Orbicularis, An.Life Cycle of the Pea Crabpinnotheres Halingi Sf.31 Echinodermata, Holothuria Atra, in an Intertidal Seagrass Bed.Holothurian (Echinodermata) Diversity of the Glorieuses.Monitoring Commercially Important Sea Cucumber Populations in the Reefs of Mayotte (Indian Ocean).Destruction of Sea Cucumber Populations Due to Overfishing at Abu Ghosoun Area, Red Sea Mohamed Hamza Hasan. ![]()
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