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Bikini Atoll (U.S. Pacific Proving Grounds)

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Location: Marshall Islands, United States
Latitude & Longitude: 11.625251, 165.545074
Views: 130   Posted By: bmeyer2 (05/08/2008)
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- Nature & Landscape --> Islands
- Military & War --> Weapons
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bmeyer2 (05/08/2008)

Bikini Atoll, part of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, was the site of over 20 nuclear weapons tests (including the first of the hydrogen bomb), along with the rest of the U.S. Pacific Proving Grounds.

See Wikipedia for more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikini_atoll

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