Enewetak

or En·i·we·tok

[ en-uh-wee-tok, uh-nee-wi-tok ]

noun

1. an atoll in the central Pacific Ocean, in the Marshall Islands: atomic bomb tests 1947–62.

Enewetak

/ ˌɛnəˈweɪtɒk; əˈniːwɛˌtɔːk /

noun

1. the official name for Eniwetok

Example Sentences

The U.S. tested nuclear weapons from 1948 to 1958 on Enewetak Atoll.

From National Geographic

For sea turtles, there are few habitats more perfect than the cool Pacific water around verdant Enewetak Atoll, halfway between Australia and Hawaii.

From National Geographic

Later, the United States took the radioactive waste from nuclear testing in the area, reportedly added 130 tons of soil from an irradiated Nevada nuclear testing site, and buried it in a giant dome on Enewetak.

From New York Times

During the Trusteeship period, the United States conducted so much nuclear testing over the atolls of Bikini and Enewetak that it was akin to 1.6 Hiroshima explosions every day for a dozen years.

From New York Times

Just two years after the United States took control of the Marshall Islands from Imperial Japan in 1944, it began testing its new nuclear weapons here, detonating the equivalent of 7,000 Hiroshima bombs on Bikini and Enewetak atolls by 1958, causing heightened cancer rates, miscarriages and resentment that lingered long after the fallout had cleared.

From Washington Post