Runit Dome nuclear waste repository
Runit Dome nuclear waste repository is a building in Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands. Runit Dome nuclear waste repository is situated nearby to the islet Runit Island.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Runit Island.
Runit Island
Islet
Runit Island is one of forty islands of the Enewetak Atoll of the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean. The island is the site of a radioactive waste repository left by the United States after it conducted a series of nuclear tests on Enewetak Atoll between 1946 and 1958.
Runit Dome nuclear waste repository
- Type: Building
- Also known as: “Cactus Dome”, “Hardtack Cactus H-Bomb Test Crater”, and “Runit Dome”
- Location: Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
11.55251° or 11° 33′ 9″ northLongitude
162.3472° or 162° 20′ 50″ eastElevation
4 metres (13 feet)Open location code
7V34H83W+2VOpenStreetMap ID
way 133083552OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesGeoNames ID
7303742
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