Elugelab

Also known as Site of vaporized island Elugelab, Elugelap

thumb|Enewetak Atoll, before Mike shot. Note island of Elugelab on left. thumb|Enewetak Atoll, after Mike shot. Note crater on left. Elugelab, or Elugelap (, ), was an island, part of the Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands. It was destroyed in the world's first full-scale thermonuclear explosion, the Mike shot of Operation Ivy, on November 1, 1952. Prior to being destroyed, the island was described as "just another small naked island of the atoll".

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Within Vinony's link graph, Elugelab is referenced by 16 other articles, and connects out to Compact of Free Association, geography of the Marshall Islands and list of islands of the Marshall Islands.

The entry is geolocated on the map in landmark, across 3 mapped points.

It sits within the topics 1952 disestablishments, Enewetak Atoll and Explosion craters.

Its subject is documented across 11 Wikipedia language editions.

Wikidata facts

Instance of: island
Country: Marshall Islands
Body of water: Pacific Ocean
Image: Eniwetok-Atoll.png

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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections

Contents

Environment
Explosion
Impact on the nuclear arms race
Gallery
See also
References
External links
Footnotes

==Environment== The land had palm trees and the surrounding marine had Heliopora coral growth which was home to Eurythoe complanata and Haplosyllis spongicola, most of which are now dead or dying.

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