Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test Site
Also known as Atoll Bikini, Bikini, Bikini Atoll, Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, Eschscholtz Atoll, Pikinni
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (iv), (vi).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
Marshall Islands
Inscribed
2010
Area
73,500 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test Site is about 2250 km east of Agana.
Nearest towns and cities
- Majuro · about 25,000 peopleabout 820 km south-east
- Tarawa · about 29,000 peopleabout 1420 km south-east
- Agana · about 122,000 peopleabout 2250 km west
- Arawa · about 40,000 peopleabout 2260 km south-west
- Honiara · about 76,000 peopleabout 2420 km south
- Madang · about 62,000 peopleabout 2860 km south-west
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
No other World Heritage sites lie within 600 km.
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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