Elugelab
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.- 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”
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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
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Elugelab” goes by many names.
Site of vaporized island ElugelabCebuano
伊魯吉拉伯島Chinese
ElugelabDutch
ElugelabItalian
エルゲラブ島Japanese
엘루겔라브섬Korean
ElugelabNorwegian
ElugelabNorwegian Bokmål
ElugelabPolish
Site of vaporized island ElugelabSwedish
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