Marshall Islands Atoll Information

Bikini


Atoll Information

Atoll (name) Location Number
of
Islets
Land area (km2) Lagoon area (km2) Ratio land to lagoon area (km2)
English Marshallese North East area rank area rank ratio rank
Bikini Pikinni 11°30' 165°25' 36 6.01 12 594.14 9 1.01 23

Map of Bikini Atoll (Source: Office of Planning and Statistics 1989

 

Alternative names

The following alternative names have been used on European charts
logbooks and the accounts of visitors:
Escholtz Islands (Kotzebue 1825)
Brown
Dowsett (1834)

US. Navy Codenames used during WWII and during the nuclear testing period


Crossroads -- Atomic Bomb Test, Bikini Atoll
Seizure -- Bikini Atoll
 

Environmental Data

Map of Bikini Atoll (1897)
 

Photographs

WWII Period Photographs of the Nuclear Testing on US Navy Ships, Bikini Atoll 1946

 

Historic Data

List of the Foreign property holdings during the German Colonial Period

Historic Demographic Information for the Marshall Islands--Bikini Atoll

Chronological listing of ships visiting the Marshall Islands until 1885 --Bikini Atoll

WWII Period Photographs of the Nuclear Testing on US Navy Ships, Bikini Atoll 1946

Special Philatelic and General Use Covers to commemorate the Operation Crossroads Nuclear Tests
 

Bibliographies

Bibliography



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Bibliographic citation for this document

Spennemann, Dirk HR (1998-05). Atoll Information.
URL: http:/marshall.csu.edu.au/Marshalls/html/atolls/bikini.html

CONTACT:
Dirk H.R. Spennemann, Institute of Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt University, P.O.Box 789, Albury NSW 2640, Australia.
e-mail: dspennemann@csu.edu.au


© Dirk H.R. Spennemann 1999
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