Editing Rongelap Atoll (section)

{{Short description|Coral atoll in the Marshall Islands}}
{{Infobox islands
| name             = Rongelap Atoll
| image_name       = Rongelap Atoll - 2014-12-06 - Landsat 8 - 15m.png
| image_caption    = [[NASA]] [[Landsat 8]] image of Rongelap Atoll
| image_size       = 
| map = Marshall Islands
| map_caption = 
| location         = [[North Pacific]]
| coordinates      = {{coord|11|19|N|166|47|E|type:isle_region:MH|display=inline}}
| coastline_mi     =
| country          = {{flag|Marshall Islands}}
| archipelago      = [[Ralik Chain|Ralik]]
| total_islands    = 61
| area_km2         = 21
| elevation_m      = 3
| population       = 0<ref name="2021census">{{cite web |url=https://spccfpstore1.blob.core.windows.net/digitallibrary-docs/files/60/605c69d76a40195baa447b5a558b0e02.pdf?sv=2015-12-11&sr=b&sig=RZrL1TimAU9MUOOLm9554z3uDv2xXb%2BGtSq3l%2BPm5AM%3D&se=2025-01-31T17%3A26%3A17Z&sp=r&rscc=public%2C%20max-age%3D864000%2C%20max-stale%3D86400&rsct=application%2Fpdf&rscd=inline%3B%20filename%3D%22Marshall_Islands_2021_Census_Vol1_Table_report.pdf%22 |title=Republic of the Marshall Islands 2021 Census Report, Volume 1: Basic Tables and Administrative Report |date=May 30, 2023 |website=Pacific Community (SPC): Statistics for Development Division |publisher=[[Pacific Community]] |access-date=September 27, 2023}}</ref>
| population_as_of = 2021
| ethnic_groups    = [[Marshallese people|Marshallese]]
|image_map=Rongelap Atoll in Marshall Islands.svg
}}
[[File:Bravo fallout2.png|thumb|right |250px |Fallout plume of 1954 nuclear test extending over Rongelap Atoll (centre). "''Estimated total (accumulated) dose contours in [[Rad (unit)|rad]]s at 96 hours after the BRAVO test explosion.''"<ref>{{cite book|first1=Samuel|last1=Glasstone|first2=Philip J.|last2=Dolan|title=The Effects of Nuclear Weapons (3rd ed.)|year=1977|publisher=U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=65tBAAAAIAAJ|pages=436–437|isbn=978-0-318-20369-0 |quote=(page 436.) 9.107 A radiation dose of 700 rads over a period of 96 hours would probably prove fatal in the great majority of cases.}}</ref>]]
[[File:Rongelap.jpg|thumb|[[NASA]] astronaut photography image of Rongelap Atoll.]]
'''Rongelap Atoll''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|r|ɒ|ŋ|ɡ|əl|æ|p}} {{respell|RONG|gə-lap}}; {{langx|mh|Ron̄ļap}}, {{IPAc-mh|rwengwlhap}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.trussel2.com/MOD/LocR.htm#Roñḷap|title=Marshallese-English Dictionary - Place Name Index|website=www.trussel2.com}}</ref>) is an uninhabited [[coral atoll]] of 61 islands (or [[motu (geography)|motu]]s) in the [[Pacific Ocean]], and forms a [[legislative district]] of the [[Ralik Chain]] of the [[Marshall Islands]]. Its total land area is {{convert|8|sqmi|km2}}. It encloses a [[lagoon]] with an area of {{convert|1,000|sqmi|km2}}. 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. The population asked the US (several times) to move them from Rongelap following the test due to high radiation levels, but with no success; so they asked global environmental group [[Greenpeace]] to help. The [[Rainbow Warrior (1955)|Rainbow Warrior]] made three trips moving the islanders, their possessions and over 100 tons of building materials to the island of [[Mejato]] in the [[Kwajalein Atoll]], 180 kilometers away.<ref name="green">{{cite web|url=https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/victories/rongelap-the-exodus-project/ |title=The evacuation of Rongelap |access-date= 2024-08-04}}</ref>