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{{Short description|Coral atoll in the Pacific Ocean}} {{More citations needed|date=April 2011}} {{Infobox islands | name = Rongerik Atoll | image_name = Rongerik Atoll - 2015-01-22 - Landsat 8 - 15m.png | image_caption = [[NASA]] picture of Rongerik Atoll | image_size = 250px | map = Marshall Islands | map_caption = | location = North Pacific | coordinates = {{coord|11|20|N|167|27|E|type:isle_region:MH|display=inline}} | coastline_mi = | country = {{flag|Marshall Islands}} | archipelago = [[Ralik Chain|Ralik]] | total_islands = 22 | area_km2 = 1.68 | elevation_m = 3 | population = 0 | population_as_of = | ethnic_groups = [[Marshallese people|Marshallese]] (formerly) }} '''Rongerik Atoll''' or '''Rongdrik Atoll''' ([[Marshallese language|Marshallese]]: '''{{lang|mh|Ron̄dik}}''', {{IPAc-mh|rwengwdik}}<ref>[http://www.trussel2.com/MOD/LocR.htm#Ro%C3%B1dik Marshallese-English Dictionary - Place Name Index]</ref>) is an unpopulated [[coral atoll]] of 17 islands in the Pacific Ocean, and is located in the [[Ralik Chain]] of the [[Marshall Islands]], approximately {{convert|200|km|mi|sp=us}} east of [[Bikini Atoll]]. Its total land area is only {{convert|1.68|km2|sqmi|sp=us}}, but it encloses a lagoon of {{convert|144|km2|sqmi|sp=us}}. In 1946, Rongerik was briefly inhabited by Bikini Islanders who, working with United States Navy moved here temporarily, when Bikini was used for conducting nuclear tests. However, the islanders could not get enough food to support the population, so after two years they had to relocate again, choosing [[Kili Island]]. Politically it was annexed by the German Empire in 1885, then seized by the Japanese in WW1, then the United States took it during WW2. After WW2, it was part of a United Nations trust territory, eventually it became part of the Marshall Islands, an island nation founded in 1986, but with a compact of association with the United States.
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