Elugelab
Sign in to saveAlso 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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- Environment
- Explosion
- Impact on the nuclear arms race
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
- Footnotes
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".
==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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