Elugelab

Elugelab, or Elugelap, was an , part of the in the . It was destroyed in the world's first full-scale thermonuclear explosion, the Mike shot of Operation Ivy, on November 1, 1952.
Wikipedia
  • Island
  • Description: former island in the Pacific Ocean
  • Also known as
    “Drerenbwij”
    “Elugelap”
    “Errigonabbu To”
    “Errigorappu-To *”
    “Errigurappu To”
    “Flora”
    “Sagebrush”
    “Site of vaporized island Elugelab”
    “Teiteiripucchi Island”

Elugelab

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Latitude
11.67023° or 11° 40′ 13″ north
Longitude
162.19477° or 162° 11′ 41″ east
Open location code
7V34M5CV+3W
Geo­Names ID
4039667
Wiki­data ID
Q263899

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Elugelab” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Site of vaporized island Elugelab”
  • Chinese: “伊魯吉拉伯島”
  • Dutch: “Elugelab”
  • French: “Elugelab”
  • German: “Elugelab”
  • Italian: “Elugelab”
  • Japanese: “エルゲラブ島”
  • Korean: “엘루겔라브섬”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Elugelab”
  • Norwegian: “Elugelab”
  • Polish: “Elugelab”
  • Swedish: “Site of vaporized island Elugelab”

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